Agriculture

Examples of safety hazards that can harm agricultural workers include:

• Lifting, awkward postures, repetitive motion, and other physical stressors
• Contact with animals
• Augers, pumps, PTO shafts, and other equipment with dangerous moving mechanical parts
• Farm vehicles (e.g., tip overs, backing up)
• Confined spaces (e.g., bins, tanks)
• Hazardous chemicals used for cleaning or sanitizing
• Pesticides
• Manure pits (e.g., low oxygen, toxic gases, drowning)
• Electrocution (e.g., contact with buried power lines)
• Uneven or unstable ground that can cause farm vehicle roll-overs
• Equipment noise

For topic-specific information, see also:

• Chemical Hazard Communication
• Cholinesterase Monitoring
• Confined Space
• Emergency Washing
• First Aid
• Forklifts
• Heat (outdoor)
• Ladders
• Noise
• Slips, Trips, and Falls (same elevation)
• Tractors