Agricultural machinery, including tractors, is built with safety in mind. All agricultural machinery is subject to safety standards that are essential in keeping farmers, farm workers and farming communities safe.
Agriculture-Related Fatalities In Ontario 1990-2015
Asphyxiation Agriculture-Related Fatalities 2006-2015
Seniors (60+ Years) Agriculture-Related Fatalities 2006-2015
Child and Youth Agriculture-Related Fatalities in Canada 2006-2015
Inspection checklist for tractors
Tractor operator forward, reverse and steering techniques
Five training modules for youth ages 16 to 23.
A fast, coordinated response in an emergency can lessen the impact of an injury and may even save a life
PTO and how to stay safe using the toolbox talk.
Every year, underground infrastructures and utilities are unintentionally struck across Canada. Unsafe digging could result in serious injury or death, fines and repair costs, or interrupted services. Although many underground infrastructures and utilities are found in urban areas, rural areas also have a number of these services.
Falls from ladders are one of the leading causes of serious injury in agriculture. These falls are preventable if the proper precautions are taken.
A tool to help identify hazards on your farm
An assessment chart to help you stay safe when dealing with grain that is out of condition
To prepare for medical and other emergencies, develop an Emergency Preparedness Plan and review it regularly with everyone who may have to deal with an emergency on the farm.
Creating a safe play area at your farm
Supporting seniors who are farming.
Tips for Rail Safety
The 5 Golden Rules of Safe Use of Crop Protection
The best places to play and explore are the ones that are set aside for just that! A safe play area is a place that is free of things that could hurt a kid and has lots of fun things to do.
Toolbox Talks are brief, informal talks or meetings about specific topics relevant to agriculture and how to undertake these various tasks safely and properly.
Keep an eye out for potential slip and trip hazards. Identify, communicate the hazard to others, and control of the hazard can prevent injury and maintain productivity.
Gloves provide important protection. It’s essential to choose the correct gloves for the task. There are many types to choose from and using the correct type will help prevent injury.
Safety footwear selection is as easy as 1, 2, 3.
Incorporating GHS into WHMIS has led to some important changes in Canada.
Mycotoxins are toxic compounds that are naturally produced by certain types of moulds (fungi). Most mycotoxins are chemically stable and do not degrade during storage or under normal food processing conditions.1
Maintaining relationships when a family business is involved in transitioning to the next generation can create unique challenges
“ Relationships provide us with identity, purpose and direction. In essence, relationships and therefore community is a life giving, life defining, life nurturing process.”
It is important to understand the components of stress. Stress is a normal reaction to situations that are perceived to be challenging
Conflict is part of life. In all relationships, we experience conflict. Conflict can be positive if managed properly.
This is a confidential document and is intended to be completed privately and shared with your health care provider ONLY.
The first step to developing a visitor orientation is to list the basic safety rules and policies you expect all visitors to follow.
When developing a Pre-Season Checklist, use the template below with checklist items that are important to your farm. When using your checklist, your action items will be determined by your response.
A management plan to reduce stress.
Farming has ongoing situations that cause stress. Common farm stressors are finances, daily hassles, and lack of control over the weather, heavy work overloads, and conflict in relationships.
The Agricultural Youth Work Guidelines (AYWG) can help farm parents and supervisors assign work that matches a youth’s abilities, thus reducing injury risk and keeping your child safe.
AgriSafe offers Invest in Your Health Trainer Exchanges where educators can be trained and certified on five agricultural health and safety modules.
Progressive Agriculture Safety Days – A look back at 25 Years of the Progressive Agriculture Foundation – working for child safety
Our patent pending fall protection system is a cutting edge product designed to protect farm workers personal health & safety from a fall while climbing or accessing a bin for repairs or inspections.
Provide overview of ASHCA and description of the programs that we have developed to address important farm safety and health issues in U.S. agriculture.
Research shows farmers face diverse challenges, including mental health & stress. These can contribute to increasing rates of stress, anxiety, depression, and burnout.
Development and publication of machinery safety standards, especially those that are integrated into machinery design have a positive impact on reducing risk of harm to operators and bystanders.
A successful health and wellness program for Alberta farmers SFF provides tools and techniques to effectively be able to plan safety on your farm.
Farm safety planning – Successful implementation of an effective and sustainable HSE management system is intended to drive continuous performance improvements in farm HSE.
Fertilizer Canada has recently launched an updated farmer safety training program on anhydrous ammonia. The course aims to equip farmers with the knowledge to ensure that anhydrous ammonia fertilizer is handled and transported safely. – Crop Production Products
The findings from national survey results point to the threat Canadian agriculture farms and businesses may face due to poor mental health and high stress.
AgrAbility addresses a wide variety of disabling conditions in agriculture.
It is a common view that farmers do not have adequate health insurance to manage their health needs given the physical and mental risks that come with farming. The cost of farmers’ injuries and illness can be mitigated if farmers had more preventative, appropriate, and cost-effective health and disability coverage.
This report is to perform a preliminary overview of the health benefit plans currently offered by provincial and territorial farm organizations and a summary of the available coverage from traditional insurance providers.
A teaching kit of three life-size brain moulds comes with instructions on how to mix up a brain-like gel to let set in the mould. Flip the “brain” out of the moulds and you have a slimy, jiggly mass, similar to a real brain that can be dropped or smashed to demonstrate the need for a protective safety helmet!
Click Here To Download Instructions.
Target Age: Grade 1 – Adult
How it Works:
Wear a helmet when you ride!
Objective: To demonstrate how delicate the human brain is.
Concept: Things that are delicate can be protected.
Mass Force Demonstration
Noise Exposure Demonstration Model (Albert)
Gravity Flow Wagon
Bullex Digital Fire Simulator
Fatal Vision Goggle Kit
Underground Utility Safety Module
PTO (Power Take Off) Display
Stop, Drop, and Roll Vest Kit
Grain Engulfment Interactive, Lung Interactive
Chemical Look-a-Like Kit
Zoonotic Disease Risk for Livestock Production Workers
Your Personal Farm Safety Audit: Module 1 – Tractor Safety
Working Safely Around Electricity
Women in Agriculture: Understanding Stress
Women in Agriculture – Personal Protective Equipment
WHMIS 2015 At Work
What You Can’t See Could Hurt You
What Workers Can Do to Keep Themselves Safe and Healthy
What is Up With this BS (Being Safe) Culture
What Do Canadian Farmers Think About Farm Safety
Welding Fumes and Gases
Understanding the Risks of Musculoskeletal Injury (MSI): An Educational Guide for Workers on Sprains, Strains, and Other MSIs
Trends in Injuries and Fatalities in the Manitoba Agriculture Sector 2000–2012
Toxicology Fact Sheets available for Sheet #6
The Science of the Positive
The Economic Burden of Injury Within the Agricultural Population in Canada
The Benefits of a Partnership Approach in Achieving Improvements in Farm Safety
Taking the Lead on Safety
Sustainable Farm Families
Summary Report: Agricultural Injuries and Deaths in Senior Farmers
Summary Report on Agricultural Injuries in Canada 1990-2000
Stretches and Postures at Work
Stepping Toward Health and Success in Your Farm Business
Standard Practices for Pesticide Applicators
Skin Health For Farmers
Silo Gas (NO2) Safety
Setting Priorities
Seniors Abilities
SecuriFerme Canada FarmSafe
Saskatchewan Farm Injury Cohort Study
Safety Up Equine Safety Fact Sheet
Safety on the Job is Everyone’s Business
Safety & Health Management
Safety – Make it Stick
Safe Operation of Lift Trucks
Safe Implement Hitching: A Guide for Safe Connection of Agricultural Tractors to Implements
Safe Horse Handling
Roll-Over Protective Structures – A Canadian Guidebook to Low Cost Aftermarket Agricultural Tractor Roll Over Protective Structures
Risk Assessment in Agriculture
Respiratory Protection for Producers
Respiratory Hazards: Molds and Fungi
Respiratory Equipment Fact Sheet
Rabies: Need to Know Information for Agricultural Producers
Put ROPS On Every Tractor-Yes You Can!
Public Health Perspective of Farm Injuries: Young Workers and Migrant Workers
PTO Guarding Guidebook
Prince Edward Island Farm Safety Code of Practice
Preventing Heat Stress At Work
Preventing Farm Machine Entanglements
Personal Protective Equipment for the Respiratory System
Palm Trees, Professors, & Chain Saws: Helping Farmers Listen to a Safer Future
On the Farm with Mic Safety Mouse- Playing Safely
On the Farm with Mic Safety Mouse- Machinery Safety
On the Farm with Mic Safety Mouse- Flowing Grain Safety
On the Farm with Mic Safety Mouse- Farm Animals and Livestock
On the Farm with Mic Safety Mouse- Chemical Safety
On Guard! A Handbook for Home Build Guarding of Farm Equipment
North American Guidelines for Children’s Agricultural Tasks – Driving a Farm Tractor No Implement Attached
Noise Induced Hearing Loss
National Stress and Mental Survey of Canadian Farmers
National Occupational Analysis- Agricultural Occupational Health and Safety Specialist
Nanotechnology
Minimizing Potential Human Health Risks in Hog Farming
Mental Health, Mental Illness and Addiction: Issues and Options for Canada
Medication, Co-morbidity and Injury in Older Farmers
Media Guidelines Agricultural Safety
Mechanism of Agricultural Injuries
Manitoba Farmers Assistive Tools Kit
Making Scenario Training Work -Case Studies in the Field
Make it Safe, Make it Visible: Safe Transport of Farm Equipment in Alberta
Machine Safety in Agriculture in Quebec
Low Stress Cattle Handling Workshop Project
Low Stress Cattle Handling (EN)
Low Stress Cattle Handling
Loss Prevention Program Strategy: A Detailed Explanation of the Loss Prevention Program
Lock Out Tag
Leading to Safety
Land Location Form
Keeping Farmers Safe Across Canada
It’s a HEADS-UP Game of Life and Limb: Injury Prevention Workshop for Young Farm Workers
Insecticides for Wheat Midge Bertha Armyworm and Diamond Moth Infestation
Incorporating Farm Safety in the School of Agriculture’s Programs
Hydrogen Sulfide Emissions and Safety
Human Resources: Part of a Good Business
How to Launder Clothing Used While Spraying Agricultural Chemicals
How to Influence the Safety Climate in an Agricultural Business
How to Influence Agriculture’s Safety Climate
High Voltage- A Personal Journey
Hearing Poster
Healthy Farmers Healthy Farms
Health Issues Related to Older Workers
Health and Safety in Agriculture: Drivers for Change
Health and Safety in Agriculture in Ireland- Challenges and Successes Experienced and Forseen (B)
Health and Safety in Agriculture in Ireland- Challenges and Successes Experienced and Forseen (A)
Health and Safety for Seasonal Agricultural Workers in BC
Health and Safety for Grain Drying Practices
Hantavirus
Handling Livestock Safely
Hand Signals on the Farm: The ‘Universal Language”; Learn Them – Use Them
Hand Signals on the Farm: Learn Them – Use Them
Guide to Pesticide Safety in Canada
Grain Entrapment
Good Mask Fit Essential in Swine Production
General Policy Statement for Your Farm
Gender Analysis of Fatal and Hospitalized Farm Injuries in Canada, 1990-1996
Gases and Mists
From Nanoparticles to Natural Gas: Keeping Barns Efficient and Healthy Places to Work
Foreign Worker Farm Safety Training Video
First Responder Training for Agricultural Emergencies
Fatal Farm Injuries Saskatchewan
Fatal and Hospitalized Agricultural Injuries Among Children and Youth in Canada
Farm Talk Series: Talking to Your Kids About Farm Safety
Farm Talk Series: Overcoming Language and Cultural Barriers with Seasonal Migrant Farm Workers
Farm Talk Series: Orienting Young, New or Returning Farm Workers
Farm Talk Series: Medical Professionals
Farm Talk Series: Educators
Farm Talk Series: Community Members
Farm Talk Series: Building Your Farm Safety Team
Farm Talk Series: Agricultural Retailers
Farm Safety Walkabout
Farm Safety System- Moving from Informal to Formal
Farm Safety Plan Project
Farm Safety Kids’ Club form
Farm Safety Contract for Kids and Parents
Farm Safety and the Atlantic Dairy Farmers Emergency Management Plan
Farm Safety – Resource Kit for Nova Scotia Farmers
Farm Equipment and Motor Vehicle Operation on Public Roads
Farm Emergency Information
Evaluation of a Hip Belt Safety Intervention in Nova Scotia orchards
Emerging Standards for Highly Automated Agricultural Machines
Emergency Contact Sheet
Dusts
Due Diligence
DRESS FOR SUCCESS! Some Things to Know About Personal Protective Equipment BEFORE You Handle a Pesticide
Does Health Have a Price in Agriculture?
Difficult Times: Stress on the Farm
Developing Your FarmSafe Plan Webinars
Creating Safe Play Areas on the Farm (2010 Mini-Edition)
Conducting a Job Safety Analysis
Communication a Tool for Better Safety, Compliance and Understanding of Migrant Workers
Canadian Model Policy Youth Employment in Agriculture
Canadian Agricultural Fatalities 1990-2012
Canadian Agricultural Fatalities 1990-2008: Who, Where, When and so What?
Canada FarmSafe Emergency Preparedness Plan
Canada FarmSafe Plan
Canada FarmSafe Core Plan
Build Your Own Retrofittable Auger Inlet Guard
BSE: Need to Know Information for Agricultural Producers
Beyond 2004: Setting the Stage for the New Canadian Agricultural Safety Strategy
Be the Difference! – Eliminate the Hazard!
Back Talk, An Owner’s Manual for Backs
Are Aging Farmers at Risk at Work?
Ammonia Emissions and Safety
All Terrain Vehicle (ATV) Safety for Agricultural Workers
Agriculture-Related Injury Deaths, Hospital Admissions and Major Trauma In Alberta
Agriculture-Related Fatalities in Canada
Agricultural-Related Injuries in Alberta 1990-2009
Agricultural Safety Tailgate Talks Spanish
Agricultural Safety Tailgate Talks English
Agricultural Safety Culture and Manufacturing Crossovers?
Agricultural Runovers in Canada for 1990-2000
Agricultural Rollovers in Canada for 1990-2000
Agricultural Injuries in Canada for 1990-2000
Agricultural Health and Safety Week and Incentives in Prevention
Agricultural Health and Safety Policies and Their Implications on Trade
Agricultural Health and Safety Education at NSAC: Changing the Behaviour of Farm Youth
Agricultural Fatalities in Canada 1990–2008
Agricultural Fatalities in Canada 1990–2008
Agricultural Fatalities in Canada 1990-2005
Agricultural Fatalities in Canada 1990-2000: Focus on Older Farmers and Workers
Agricultural Fatalities and Hospitalizations in Ontario 1990-2008
Agricultural Fatalities and Hospitalizations in Ontario 1990-2004
A Health and Safety Guide for Handling Farm Animals and Poultry
A Hantavirus Exposure Control Program for Employers and Workers
2011 Farm Safety Report Card
2010 Farm Related Fatalities
2008 Farm Safety Report Card
Trends in Agricultural Injury Occurrence in Canada
National Occupational Standard for Agricultural Occupational Health and Safety Specialists
Hear for Good: Preventing noise exposure at work
Farm Safety Program September 2010 – August 2013 Keystone Agricultural Producers Final Report
The Health of Workers in the Swine Industry: Research, Education and Surveillance
Ergonomics in Agriculture: Blueberry Harvesting
Learning From Close Calls
Hazard Points and Guarding on Farm Equipment
Snow Blower Safety
Working Alone
Understanding Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS)
Wildlife Management
Farm Machinery Fire Prevention
Confined Spaces on the Farm
Farming Around Power Lines
Safe Ladder Use
Managing Grain Dust
Hazards and Eye Protection on the Farm
Noise and Hearing Protection
Sleep and Effective Farming
Farm Workshop Safety
Farm Stress Management
Farm Machinery and Left-Hand Turns
Carbon Monoxide
Front-end Tractor Attachments
Responding to an Emergency
Biosecurity Protocols and Their Relationship to Worker Health
Proper load handling
Handling and administration of veterinary medicines
Use of personal protective equipment (PPE)
Towing large loads
Risk assessment
Think S.A.F.E.
Repetitive Strain Injuries (RSI)
Ergonomics and manual handling
Refuelling equipment
Communicating health and safety concerns to management
Lifting safely
General Hitching and Hauling
Fall Protection
Pre-Operational Inspection of Equipment
Working in extreme heat
Hitching – Drawbar Connection
Lighting and Marking Self-Propelled Equipment
Working In Extreme Cold
Operation of Self-Propelled Equipment on Public Roadways
Grain Bin Safety
Blocking Raised Equipment
Chocking Wheels
Overhead Wire Safety
ATV Safety and Gear
Working Alone
Lock-out/Tag-out
Battery Boosting
Farm Safety- Write it Right
Farm Safety Photo Tips for Media
Operating Portable Augers
Safe Handling of Cattle
Preparing Grain Bins for Harvest
Transporting Oversized Loads
All-Terrain Vehicle Operation on Farm Property
Basic Tractor Operation
Removing Duals