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Farm safety and age appropriate tasks - 12 to 13 years old olds
By Peter Main · 3 years ago
Farming and agricultural businesses routinely expose teenagers of all ages to potential risks and dangers associated with agricultural labour
Teenagers of this age, 12 – 13, are sometimes referred to as early teens. They are ...
Farm safety and age appropriate tasks - 14 - 18 years old
By Peter Main · 3 years ago
Special care needs to be taken on any farm or agricultural business where teenagers or young adults are specifically involved in any work related activity or task.
It is perfectly normal for children and young ...
Farm Safety - Risk Management and Reaction Time
By Peter Main · 3 years ago
Any assessment of farm safety takes into account, or should take into account, the type of risks that may be inherent in the farm, its land or its general operations.
This risk assessment is normally ...
Farm Safety - Risk Management and Reaction Time
By Peter Main · 3 years ago
Any assessment of farm safety takes into account, or should take into account, the type of risks that may be inherent in the farm, its land or its general operations.
This risk assessment is normally ...
Farm safety and age appropriate tasks
By Peter Main · 3 years ago
Working on a farm or any type of agricultural business has one unique characteristic regarding employees, and that is the use of children or young adults as part of the labour force.
In most industries, ...
Agricultural Safety – Manure Handling and Spills
By Peter Main · 3 years ago
Although not a particularly nice subject to write about, manure is a big issue in farming and agricultural related work, and has potential to cause significant damage to both land and water.
Such damage can ...
Farm Safety - National Government Resources Part 2
By Peter Main · 3 years ago
The federal government in the United States has a special place in being able to provide both federal and local advice and help with specific focus on the agricultural industry. This applies both to advice ...
Farm Safety - National Government Resources Part 1-
By Peter Main · 3 years ago
Agriculture plays a major part in most economies of the world, none more so than the United States. The federal government plays a huge part in the development and practices within the industry, by way ...
Farm Safety - Burning Trash
By Peter Main · 3 years ago
Most farms or agricultural complexes will have a significant amount of materials, commonly referred to as trash, that will need to be disposed of.
Quite often this is done by way of burning it, as ...
Farm Safety – National and Local Resources
By Peter Main · 3 years ago
The issue of health and safety on farms and agricultural businesses is one where many farmers and operatives often need to seek help.
This can apply to practical issues, local or national legislation, as well ...
Farm Safety and Environmemtal Regulations
By Peter Main · 3 years ago
A farm or landholding of any size is going to have a significant number of responsibilities concerning environmental hazards that the nature of the farm may incur.
Dealing with these environmental risks will be part ...
Farm safety and the use of vehicles on public roads
By Peter Main · 3 years ago
Most farms and agricultural businesses use a wide variety of different types of vehicles, ranging from tractors to combine harvesters to ATVs to different types of construction equipment.
In addition, many agricultural vehicles use different ...
Farm Safety - Dangers of Pesticides
By Peter Main · 3 years ago
The use of pesticides is a major issue in farm safety, for a number of different reasons. Pesticides are used widely in all types of agricultural settings, most mostly farms, orchards, forests, nurseries and greenhouses. ...
What are the different types of car liability insurance?
By Peter Main · 3 years ago
Car insurance can provide a wide variety of differing levels of cover, but the most essential for everyone is what it provides by way of liability insurance. So essential is this for most people, that ...
Car insurance and the importance of the proposal form
By Peter Main · 3 years ago
The transition from paper to digital hat in many ways changed both the format and the understanding of what a proposal form is in the context of car insurance. Pre internet, people would have to ...
Car insurance – what rating factors are most important
By Peter Main · 3 years ago
Any individual who has had to purchase car insurance may well have discovered huge discrepancies in the various quotations they are asked by different insurance companies. This has historically always been the case to an ...
Farm Safety – Health and Safety Regulations
By Peter Main · 3 years ago
Although agriculture is considered to be a different area to most other types of businesses, the are still a number of health and safety regulations in force.
These will often differ from standard industrial regulations ...
Farm Safety and the Need for Insurance
By Peter Main · 3 years ago
The issue of insurance, and the role of insurance companies, is a very important one in the context of safety for farms and agricultural businesses. Farms present a special difficulty for insurance companies because they ...
Farm safety -social, economic and political factors
By Peter Main · 4 years ago
Farm safety – social economic and political factors
The nature of working on a farm and on safety is to an extent conditioned by the fact that farming is often seen as a way of ...
Farm safety – workplace activity factors
By Peter Main · 4 years ago
The nature of farming generates a number of areas of workplace activities that can be inherently more risky than similar activities undertaken in an office or factory environment.
Work hours
The length of hours that ...