145 Agricultural safety & health management planning

Agricultural Safety and Health

Worldwide some seventy percent of all workers are engaged in agriculture. While there are differences between developed and developing countries, there are similarities as to the hazards faced, and as the developing world uses more farm related chemicals and more equipment hazards seen in the developed countries will be seen more frequently in developing countries. Much of the risk of agricultu...

Agricultural health and safety performance in Australia.

This study aimed to determine the proportion of Australian farming enterprises with systems and processes that meet current regulatory and industry standards for health and safety. Data from 683 farming enterprises were drawn from a nationally stratified random sample representing seven commodity sectors: beef cattle, cotton, dairy, horticulture, grain growing, sheep, and sugar cane. Results in...

Health, safety and environmental risk management in laboratory fields

Background: Research project risks are uncertain contingent events or situations that, if transpire, will have positive or negative effects on objectives of a project. The Management of Health and Safety at Work (MHSW) Regulations 1999 require all employers and the self-employed persons to assess the risks from their work on anyone who may be affected by their activities. Risk assessment is the...

Occupational Health and Safety Management

Agricultural health and safety: incorporating the worker perspective.

This commentary offers a worker's perspective on agricultural health and safety and describes (1) the historical exemption of agriculture from regulatory oversight and barriers encountered due to lack of regulations and poor enforcement of the existing standards; (2) the effect of immigration status on worker protections; and (3) the basic desire for economic survival and how this impacts worke...