Resources – Broad Acre Farm Safety

Licence to operate Ag Machinery on road

February 18, 2020 by Karen Baines

In South Australia, we require either an MR or HR level licence to operate agricultural machinery on road. Personally, I

Published in On-road rules for farmers, Plant & equipment, Tractors

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Large Agricultural Machinery on Road – the evidence

September 05, 2019 by Karen Baines

In 2018, the National Farmers Federation engaged Dr Richard Franklin from James Cook University to investigate the risk levels of

Published in Farmer health & safety, Farmers & safety research, On-road rules for farmers, Regulations & codes of practice

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HML, CML, GML, WTF?

December 20, 2018 by Karen Baines

There are lots of variations to truck combinations and it can get complicated, especially for farmer’s who only ‘moonlight’ as

CML GML HML road train semi

Published in Trucks

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Grain Cartage – what is the 5% tolerance?

December 20, 2018 by Karen Baines

This is a ‘tolerance’ of up to 5%, not a permit to overload to 5%. Loading grain in a paddock

5%mass tolerance

Published in Trucks

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Chain of Responsibility – What do I have to do?

September 26, 2018 by Karen Baines

The Chain of Responsibility is essentially a framework in which Regulators and Law Courts have the capacity to bring charges

chain or responsibility CoR farm truck truck

Published in Plant & equipment, Trucks

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What does Farm Safety look like?

September 05, 2018 by Karen Baines

getting started

Published in General farm safety, Getting started

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Cattle

July 06, 2018 by Karen Baines

Other Resources: Safe Cattle Handling Guide – Farmsafe General Guide – Cattle Handling – Safework Aust Ramps & Forcing Yards

cattle livestock

Published in Livestock & infectious diseases

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Machine Guarding

May 27, 2018 by Karen Baines

I know there are those who remove guards from Headers and other machines due to fire risk. If you are

guarding

Published in Augers, Plant & equipment, Tractors

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What is a Risk Assessment?

May 23, 2018 by Karen Baines

A Risk Assessment is basically…..thinking about, recognising and then recording the risks on your farm. Documenting this process not only

action plan risk assessment

Published in General farm safety, Getting started

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Where do I start?

May 21, 2018 by Karen Baines

You don’t just snap your fingers and ‘BOOM’….. farm safety arrangements have been addressed and implemented! It’s a gradual process

action plan farm safety getting started

Published in General farm safety, Getting started

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