Farm Machinery Operation and Safety

FARM MACHINERY
OPERATION AND SAFETY

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1. INTRODUCTION
Occupational Safety and Health (OSH), also commonly referred
to as Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) or Workplace
Health and Safety (WHS)
Safety Health Welfare
As defined by the World Health Organization (WHO)

"occupational health deals with all aspects of health and safety
in the workplace and has a strong focus on primary prevention
of hazards”
Objectives
• To maintain and promote the physical, mental and social well

being of the workers
• To prevent occupational diseases and injuries.
• To adapt the work place and work environment to the needs
of the workers i.e. application of ergonomics principle.
• It should be preventive rather than curative.

Safety and Accident Prevention Year
- General Orientation July - Schools
y - Air Transportation August - Farms
- Fire Prevention September - Health and Sanitation
- Vacation Hazards October - Industry & Commerce
- Land Transportation November - Mines
- Sea Transportation December - Holiday Hazards & Homes

OHS Standard
A set of mandatory OSH standards which

codifies all safety orders being enforced
prior to its promulgation.
It contains administrative requirements,

general safety and health rules, technical
safety regulations, and other measures
to eliminate or reduce OSH hazards in
the workplace.

OHS Management System Model
This OHSAS Standard is

based on the methodology
known as PDCA Cycle

Terms
ACCEPTABLE RISK CORRECTIVE ACTION
Risk that has been reduced to a level that can be action to eliminate the cause of a detected
tolerated by the organization having regard to its nonconformity (3.11) or other undesirable
legal obligations and its own OH&S policy (3.16) situation
AUDIT HAZARD
systematic, independent and documented
source, situation, or act with a potential for harm
process for obtaining “audit evidence” and
in terms of human injury or ill health (3.8), or a
evaluating it objectively to determine the extent
combination
to which “audit criteria” are fulfilled
CONTINUAL IMPROVEMENT WORKPLACE

recurring process of enhancing the OH&S
any physical location in which work related
management system (3.13) in order to achieve
activities are performed under the control of the
improvements in overall OH&S performance
organization
(3.15) consistent with the organization’s (3.17)
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Scopes
• Demonstrate conformity with this
• Establish an OH&S management OHSAS Standard:
system to eliminate or minimize risks • Making a self-determination and
to personnel and other interested self-declaration
parties who could be exposed to • Seeking confirmation of its
OH&S hazards associated with its conformance by parties having an
activities interest in the organization , such
as customers
• Implement, maintain and continually • Seeking confirmation of its self-
improve an OH&S management declaration by a party external to
system the organization
• Assure itself of its conformity with • Seeking
stated OH&S policy certification/registration of its
OH&S management system by an
external organization
2. DEFINITIONS
ROLL-OVER PROTECTIVE STRUCTURE (ROPS):
A structure on a farm tractor or self-propelled machine that limits most equipment roll-
overs to 90 degrees and protects the operator within the frame of safety if he/she is
wearing the seatbelt.

POWER TAKE-OFF (PTO):
A shaft that allows transmission of power from a farm tractor to a piece of
equipment attached to it.

ATTACHMENT:
A piece of farm equipment that is pulled behind or mounted on to a tractor or
other self-propelled farm equipment. Examples include ploughs, discs,
wagons and cultivators.

3. MANAGING AND IDENTIFYING HAZARDS
 IDENTIFY all significant hazards on your farm;
 If you can, ELIMINATE the hazards;

Key Points:
 If you can’t eliminate the hazards, ISOLATE them;
 If you can’t eliminate or isolate hazards, MINIMIZE them;
 MONITOR hazards regularly;

 Record significant hazards, controls and monitoring in a
HAZARD REGISTRY.
Identifying Hazards
Cut you Trip you

Burn you Crush you

Make you Sick Cause you Pain

Finding the Hazards

Identifying Hazards in the Workplace
Welder
• Burnt from the sparks
• Intense light
• Fumes

Mechanic
• Cuts and falls
• Chemical hazards
• Oils, solvents….

Port Worker
• Leaking drums
• Split bags
• Collisions

Textile Worker
• Noise and vibrations
• Dust from the materials

Tractor Driver
• Overturn
• Noise, Vibration
• Synthetic pesticides

Agricultural Worker
• Chemicals
• Toxic effect

Electronics/Assembly Worker
• Eye problems
• Back pains

Office Worker
• Stress
• Office machines
• Poor lightning

Construction Worker
• Falls, slips, trips, cuts
• Dangers from working
high up

Miner
• Dusts, fire, explosion
• Extreme temperature,
noise

PPEs and 4. PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT

Types of PPEs

Wearing Right Safety
Equipment

5. KNOWING SAFETY SIGNS AND HANDLING
• Eye Glasses
• Ear muffs or plugs
• Vest
• Gloves

Agricultural Signs
DANGER SIGNS
Danger signs must be used only where an immediate hazard exists.
Danger signs must have RED as the predominant color for the upper
panel, BLACK outline on the borders and a white lower panel for
additional sign wording.
CAUTION SIGNS
Caution signs shall be used only to warn against potential hazards or
to caution against unsafe practices. Caution signs shall have YELLOW
as the predominant color, black upper panel and borders, YELLOW
lettering or "caution" on the BLACK panel, and the lower YELLOW
panel for additional sign wording.
SAFETY INSTRUCTION SIGNS

Safety instruction signs, when used, must be WHITE with GREEN
upper panel and white letters to convey the principal message. Any
additional wording on the sign shall be black letters on the white
background.
Hazard Signs

Knowing About Manual Handling
Lifting

Keeping Your Work Area Safe



6. MACHINE SAFETY
“To help reduce the risk of injuries and fatalities by providing practical
guidance on farm health and safety…”

Causes of Machines Related Accidents
• Crushed hands and

arms
• Severed fingers
• Blindness
• Death

Sources of Severe Accidents
• Improper maintenance of Machinery
• Improper use of Machinery

7. IMPORTANT SAFETY REMINDERS
• No one is immune from accidents.
• Serious accidents occur in all communities.
• No machine is completely safe.
• Farm machineries are powerful machines.
• Many farm accidents involve misuse of agricultural
machinery and tractors.
• Our society demands safer working conditions.

THANK YOU

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FARM MACHINERY

OPERATION AND SAFETY

As defined by the World Health Organization (WHO)

• To maintain and promote the physical, mental and social well

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A set of mandatory OSH standards which

It contains administrative requirements,

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This OHSAS Standard is

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CONTINUAL IMPROVEMENT WORKPLACE

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 If you can, ELIMINATE the hazards;

 If you can’t eliminate the hazards, ISOLATE them;

 If you can’t eliminate or isolate hazards, MINIMIZE them;

 MONITOR hazards regularly;

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SAFETY INSTRUCTION SIGNS

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• Crushed hands and

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