UNOFFICIAL OHS DATABASE
FARM SAFETY RESOURCES
· A tractor can roll in about half a second, so spend
some time now on how you can prevent it
· Assembling truck and tractor tyres and rims
· Agricultural machinery - prevention of tractors overturning
· Children and tractors
· Child safety on the farm
· Farmer crushed by tractor three point linkage
· Getting attached to your tractor : safe hitching and the safe use of
power take-offs
· Look Mum, no ROPS! ( roll over protective structure)
· Machinery guarding
· Recommended procedure for modification of two post roll over protective
structures (ROPS)
· Tractor Cranes: the safe handling of loads
· A guide to workshop safety
· Chainsaw safety
· Chainsaw testing made safer
· The Workcover guide to the safe use of chainsaws
CODES OF PRACTICE
Code of Practice for the Safe Use and Storage of Chemicals (including Pesticides and Herbicides) in Agriculture (WorkCover NSW)
Code of Practice: Safety Aspects in the Design, Manufacture and Installation of On-Farm Silos and Field Bins (WorkCover NSW)
Codes of Practice - Wine Industry (WorkCover NSW)
Code
of Practice for Noise Management and Protection of Hearing at Work (WorkCover
NSW)
Also see Noise topic
Code
of Practice for Manual Handling (NOHSC)
Also see Manual Handling topic
GENERAL FARM SAFETY
RURAL SAFETY SITE (WorkCover NSW)
· Rebate scheme to replace pin drives with worm drives
on shearing hand pieces
· Selected shearing shed owners can be part of an incentive scheme to
improve design and layout of their shearing sheds
· Hearing loss on farms
· ROPS rebate
· Forklift safety checklist
Focus on Rural Industry (WorkCover NSW)
· Working Safely in the Cotton Industry - Cotton Safe
· Ergonomics of sheep handling equipment for shearing and crutching
· Rural Safety Campaign
· Electrical hazard awareness for operators of high machinery
· Tractor Safety: Roll Over Protection Scheme
SAFETY ON THE FARM (WorkSafe Western Australia)
· Operating a tractor
· Tractor maintenance
· Farm chemicals: Storage and disposal
· Pesticide sprays
· Skin cancer
· Heat stress
· Children
· Manual handling
· Farm noise
· Machinery guarding
· Silos Workshops
· Welding Handling
· Cattle Handling
· Sheep Shearing
· Horse riding
· Handling pigs
· Zoonoses
· Electricity
· Fire fighting
· Ag bikes
· Dairy farms
· Hay baling
FARMING HAZARDS (WorkCover Victoria)
ATV Safety for Farm Work (National Ag Safety Database - USA)