Farm Safety
Hazards on a farm can cover a wide rang of topics and as a parent you never want your kid’s in any danger or potentially get hurt. What you are about to read is going to cover some potential hazards that may occur, ways you can prevent them from happening, who to contact if anything where to happen, some statistics about farming and incidence, and a little of how to keep your kid aware of what to do and not to do. This is all based around sheds and equipment.
to start I would like to talk about what possible hazards could happen on a farm in the shed, on or around equipment. Live whirs, oil spill & petrol leaks, sharp objects (E.G. nails, chain saws and screw drivers) are just to name a few on most farms possible hazards can also be lack of safety gear, bad storage (this includes poison in kids arms reach, heavy large objects what’s are unstable that will fall down easily) sharp edges are a big problem as well as it is normally in kids head height and will run it to the corners cut within the face or neck region, I believe that corners should be rounded off for maxim safety. Moving on the equipment like tractors and woodchoppers and other large fan use equipment, tractors are not fully kid safe are they if we think about it kids can easily fall out whilst riding or sitting in the tracker and hit there head or cut them self, another problem tractors can bring is that they are much larger then kids and as a driver you may not be able to see if the child is in front of it or not and can harm the child if they are in the way, This also go’s for wood chippers. There are hundreds of potential hazards that could happen on a farm its all depending on the individual farm and how its maintained.
Ways to avoid farming equipment and shed injuries are by having safe non-spiked fence. A safe play area must be marked clearly and children must be watched at all time, when near or within the play area. By teaching kids the correct safe way to use equipment on the farm will help the children understand what do to, how to do it and when to do it as they grow up. Also spell out the rules for the equipment when guests or visitors stay over. Another affective way that adults can avoid hazards is by keep all keys out of reach and never left in the machinery where children can reach them. Keep all ladders on the ground incase they fall or a child decides to climb it. These are only a few ways you can help avoid hazards on a farm.
to start I would like to talk about what possible hazards could happen on a farm in the shed, on or around equipment. Live whirs, oil spill & petrol leaks, sharp objects (E.G. nails, chain saws and screw drivers) are just to name a few on most farms possible hazards can also be lack of safety gear, bad storage (this includes poison in kids arms reach, heavy large objects what’s are unstable that will fall down easily) sharp edges are a big problem as well as it is normally in kids head height and will run it to the corners cut within the face or neck region, I believe that corners should be rounded off for maxim safety. Moving on the equipment like tractors and woodchoppers and other large fan use equipment, tractors are not fully kid safe are they if we think about it kids can easily fall out whilst riding or sitting in the tracker and hit there head or cut them self, another problem tractors can bring is that they are much larger then kids and as a driver you may not be able to see if the child is in front of it or not and can harm the child if they are in the way, This also go’s for wood chippers. There are hundreds of potential hazards that could happen on a farm its all depending on the individual farm and how its maintained.
Ways to avoid farming equipment and shed injuries are by having safe non-spiked fence. A safe play area must be marked clearly and children must be watched at all time, when near or within the play area. By teaching kids the correct safe way to use equipment on the farm will help the children understand what do to, how to do it and when to do it as they grow up. Also spell out the rules for the equipment when guests or visitors stay over. Another affective way that adults can avoid hazards is by keep all keys out of reach and never left in the machinery where children can reach them. Keep all ladders on the ground incase they fall or a child decides to climb it. These are only a few ways you can help avoid hazards on a farm.
On average 30 children: 0-4 years old die on Australian farms each year due to injuries. This includes visiting kids.This equals to about one farm related child death every 10 days, the 0-4 years old group are at gratest risk on farms, dams, farm vehicles and tractors are a major hazard.
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75% are boys
63% are under 5 years old
One third where visurters on the farm
77 % of the kids where in an area where farm work was being carried out
Most kids (73%) where playing when the incident happened
63% are under 5 years old
One third where visurters on the farm
77 % of the kids where in an area where farm work was being carried out
Most kids (73%) where playing when the incident happened
if something ever does happen and you see to contact someone to help, you can call
call emergency : 000 or poisen hot line : 13 11 26 this is a link that tells you about the safety of your child and how important the safty of your child is. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=13AFk3mX90k this is so moving, must watch it will make you more aware |