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Plant & Machinery

Working around plant and machinery on farms has been identified as a high-harm area. On average, 414 serious injuries are sustained while working in and around vehicles resulting in more than a week away from work every year. On average, 11 deaths occur in or around vehicles each year. If you’ve got tips or resources that you use to minimise vehicle risks on farm contact us.

Operating machinery

Operating machinery is a part of every day life on farm, however it does come with a number of high risks. Here are some handy guides to get you started, including a short video from Southland farmer, Ben Dooley on tractor maintenance and settings when feeding out - watch here.

Safe use of machinery guide

Video: A reminder on tractor maintenance & fork settings

Learn from past incidents

Safety Alerts are a great way to learn from incidents that have happened on other farms. We’ve compiled some here relating to machinery. Ask yourself: Could this happen on my farm? What do I have in place to prevent this from happening? How can I implement these learnings?

Safety Alert: Slide Pulsators

Safety Alert: Collapsed silo

Safety Alert: Digger rollover

Safety Alert: Machinery entanglement

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Safety Alert: Slide Pulsators

Safety Alert: Collapsed silo

Safety Alert: Digger rollover

Safe use of machinery guide

Safety Alert: Machinery entanglement

Video: A reminder on tractor maintenance & fork settings

Latest Safety Alerts

Safety Alerts are learnings from real life incidents that have happened on farms. Click the links below to read more, download and print off for the workshop or staff room, or to use as prompts for conversations with staff and visitors.

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