Training Room 3: Keeping Safe and Healthy—Methods for Controlling Potential Hazards
How Can I Use the Resources Available to Keep Myself Safe?
Courtesy of Gordon Coulthart and The Canadian Agricultural Safety Association
You want to keep safe and injury free when you are working in a farm environment. In Training Room 1 you learned your rights and responsiblities so
- you are ready to check for and identify specific hazards
- you understand and can demonstrate the standards and practices that have been established to keep you safe and healthy when working with different hazards.
You must also be able to effectively use specfic resources and practices available to you when you deal with the hazards in your agricultural area.
Watch and Listen
Courtesy of Claude LeBlanc and The Canadian Agricultural Safety Association
Think about which agricultural hazards you will focus on in your Health and Safety Action Plan.
This video produced by the Canadian Agricultural Safety Organization, Plan.Farm.Safety, describes the importance of agricultural safety plans developed by specific farmers for the use of three of the most dangerous hazards on Canadian farms - augers, tractors, and chemicals.
Try playing the Farm Safety Jeopardy Game to remind you of some of the many hazards you could choose to address in your Health and Safety Action Plan.
Listen to young farmers in New Zealand talk about how effective their farm safety plan is in Health and Safety Action Plan.
From the New Zealand Department of Labour