Difficult Times: Stress on the Farm
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Technological changes, serious incidents and breaks through injury prevention all have an impact on our safety and health. Read about the most current
issues in farm safety and health here. For further information, contact Glen
Blahey.
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Controlling Farm Worker Exposure To Domestic Farm Animal Diseases
There are numerous diseases, which humans can contract
from animals or animal products such as unpasteurized milk and cheese,
unprocessed hides and blood, and body fluids. "However, the risk of human
infection with "zoonotic" diseases such as tuberculosis, hantavirus, Q Fever,
anthrax, West Nile Virus and recently Avian Influenza can be largely minimized
by consistently using standard, safe livestock and poultry handling
practices," said Dr. Ted Redekop, chief occupational medical officer for
Manitoba Workplace Safety and Health.
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Precautions Must Be Taken To Ensure Earth Walls In Excavations Don't Collapse: Safety Officials
Most excavators know that the walls of holes dug in the ground will
collapse if the proper precautions are not taken, but provincial government
officials point out that problems still occur frequently enough that fire
departments across Manitoba have specially trained personnel to rescue people when excavations give way.
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Training new operators
It's a busy time of year and you need all the help you can
get. But that help will cost you a lot of time and money if
you don't take the time to train your helpers to work safely
and effectively. Never think your new helper knows what to
do because they've seen you at work. Before letting a new
operator work independently, have them demonstrate their
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Worker Health and Bio-Security
Bio-security protocols offer the livestock industries an increased level of food safety and production stability. Many of the practices outlined in bio-security protocols also, protect worker health. Additional safety provisions for workers will enhance both herd / flock health and public health. It is important that anyone entering into or working at a livestock facility understand the need for following additional precautions, to protect their own health as well as that of others which the worker may come into contact with after leaving the barn.
Full story | Archive Increased Risk of Injury When Handling Large Bales
Transporting and handling large bales of hay can pose significant risk of injury if proper handling precautions are not taken.
Several serious incidents, including fatalities have occurred when large bales of hay were being handled without proper precautions.
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 Canadian
Agricultural Safety Week
http://www.casa-acsa.ca/english/
This year Canadian Agricultural Safety Week will be March 14-20,
2007. The theme is "Protect your moving parts!" with a special focus
on pinch points, crushes, entanglements and the importance of
guarding.
Overhead Electrical
Farm Safety Guidelines
- Before transporting large farm equipment
- plan your
route carefully to avoid overhead
- electrical lines and other hazards
More information is available:
Test yourself with the new
Farm Safety Quiz. This interactive game,
created using Flash technology, asks questions concerning safety on the farm.
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