Hazards

• What are the risks associated with harvest machinery?

  Driver fatigue due to excessive hours and road collisions due to a large number of agricultural vehichles on public roads.
• What are the risks associated with silage machinery?

  Driver fatigue due to excessive hours and road collisions due to a large number of agricultural vehichles on public roads.
• What are the risks associated with power take-off?

  Entanglement in the PTO.
• What are the risks associated with tractor loads and telehandler?

  Collapse.
• What are the risks associated with infections?

  Diseases can be transmitted from animals and contaminated materials.
• What are the risks associated with noise?

  Exposure to high levels of noise over a long period of noise can cause permanent damage to a person's hearing.
• What are the risks associated with stress?

  Increased risk of accidents, alcohol consumption, unhealthy eating habits, poor decision making and self isolation.
• What are the risks associated with lifting loads / weights?

  Back injury.
• What are the risks associated with the inhalation of dust or spores?

  Respiratory issues such as asthma, permanent damage to lung tissue, headaches, coughing, shortness of breath, inflammated alveoli and farmer's lung.
• What are the risks associated with fertilisers?

  Oxidising.
• What are the risks associated with pesticides?


  Serious harm such as cancer, damage to the brain and spinal cord, immune system and reproductive system.
• What are the risks associated with acids and bases?

  Corrosive to skin, eyes and the respiratory system.
• What are the risks associated with fuels, oils and paints?

  Respiratory problems and skin irritation.
• What are the risks associated with veterinary medicines?

  Accidental injection, inhalation and poisoning.
• What are the risks associated with bales?


  Crushed by falling bales, getting rolled over and spiked by bale-handling equipment.
• What are the risks associated with tractors and farm machinery?

  Getting struck or crushed.
• What are the risks associated with stacks of silage, large tractor wheels, gates and pillars?


  Child crushed by falling materials.
• What are the risks associated with livestock?

  Child struck and crushed by an animal.
• What are the risks associated with slurry pits, slurry storage areas and water tanks?

  Drowning.
• What are the risks associated with quad bikes and ATV's?

  Drivers' lack of experience, overturning and crashing.
• What are the risks associated with collapsing buildings?

  Striked by collapsed walls or gates.
• What are the risks associated with slurry gas?

  Poisoning.
• What are the risks associated with silage pits?

  Suffocation from fermenting gases.