This section
contains Occupational Health and Safety checklists for various
plant, animal and other enterprises.
The checklists address procedures, equipment, training, issues
specific to the enterprise and health/hygiene requirements for
plant animal and other enterprises.
Many people are injured or killed each year by direct contact
with animals, eg by falls from horses or gored by bulls.
Approximately 5% of work cover payouts are for contracted zoonotic
disease treatment.
However, the majority of deaths and accidents on fams are caused
by machinery and exposure to chemicals. For more information
on Chemical and Machinery safety in horticulture, a 'Safety
in Horticulture' kit is available from the Work Cover Corporation.
To print the booklet "Safety in Horticulture, an OH&S
Resource Kit",
click
here... or contact the Work
Cover Corporation.
The OHS checklists listed are a guide only and should be used
in conjunction with the
South Australain DECS Occupational Health
and Safety checklists and with the Model
Codes of Practice endorsed by the Australaian Agriculture
Council.
The aim here is to assist teachers, school staff and students
on school farms to conduct safe work practises and implement
risk management exercises based on the principles of priority
rating and 'see it, assess it , fix it' for each of their plant
and animal enterprises.
Two examples of risk analysis proformers are included to assess
identified risks in farm plant and animal enterprises.
Further farm safety checklists can be obtained from...
DECS OH&S Guidelines
and from Farm Safe
Australia
HOW TO USE THE CHECKLISTS
1.Use the left menu buttons to select the checklist topic/s
you are interested in.
2. Make a copy of the checklist/s you want to use. (Print friendly
versions of each checklist are available- just follow the links
at the top right of each page).)
3. Make up a group or groups of students to be the inspection
team/s.
4. Examine each question as it applies to your enterprise and
show in the column if your situation is okay, or if action is
required.
5. if action is required write down what needs to be addressed
and what is the best way to do it.
Not all actions need to be alterations to equipment. It may
be that a job needs to be carried out differenetly to be safe.
There may be several ways to approach the problem. The best
way may take time and money to properly put in place. If this
is the case, then offer a temporary solution also.
6. Identify who is going to be responsible for taking the suggested
action. The person responsible, must be given the authority
to go ahead and rectify the problem, or seek permission to do
so.
7. Nominate a completeion date.
The completion date must be realistic and achievable.
8. Include the action as part of your overall improvement program
so that you can check them off as completed.
9. Keep completed checklists in a checklist folder for future
reference and proof of compliance. Keep all associated documentation
with it (eg receipts, quotes,etc)
10. Monitor your changes to ensure they are satisfactory and
that they do not inroduce new hazards.
How to use checklists was provided by and used with permission
of the WorkCover Corporation |
