What are the Who be harmed and What are you already What further action is necessary? Action by Action by Done hazards? how? whom? when? Suggestions below Slurry pits All visitors slips, trips, falls; Prevent access and ensure adequate – drowning. fencing to HSE AIS9 standard. Supervision. Signage. Sheep dipping All visitors drowning. Prevent access and keep dips securely – baths covered. Supervision. Silage pits All visitors falls from height; Prevent access area to be roped off – – Contamination with manure. when not full. Supervision. Signage. Supervised hand washing. Manure & All visitors contamination with Prevent access. Supervision. Signage. – compost heaps manure. Ponds and water All visitors drowning; Prevent access. Divert route to avoid – courses; contamination with infective water course - signage (at entrance and zoonoses Weil’s agent from contact with water. near water course). Washing facilities. – disease (see later for pond-dipping). Fences and gates; Visitors physical injuries cuts, Maintenance of fences & gates. Regular – grazes etc. Contamination of cleaning to prevent contamination with Electric fences visitors from touching farm manure. Provide hand washing facilities animals or contaminated (See Industry Code of Practice). surfaces followed by ingestion of Information & signage. Double fencing. micro electric shock Cover barbed/electric wire at viewing –organisms; from touching live fences. point. Switch off fence. Barns and yards All visitors struck by falling Check stacks are secure & restack if – – bale & fertiliser objects, injuries due to required. Prevent access. Prohibit stacks; unsecured climbing/falling. climbing on stacks (see later for tractor wheels, supervised bale-climbing) pallets, boxes etc Remove hazardous objects, tripping hazards etc. Store wheels/tyres etc safely. Grain silos, bins All visitors inhaling harmful Prevent access to grain stores/bins. Cover – and stores grain dust; physical injury from intake pits. Supervision. Signage. Remove falls; entrapment/ suffocation. access ladders on bins or make safe. What are the Who might be harmed and What are you already doing? What further action is necessary? Action by Action by Done hazards? how? whom? when? Suggestions below
What are the hazards? Who be harmed and how? What are you already What further action is necessary? Suggestions below Action by whom? Action by when? Done Slurry pits All visitors – slips, trips, falls; drowning. Prevent access and ensure adequate fencing to HSE AIS9 standard. Supervision. Signage. Sheep dipping baths All visitors – drowning. Prevent access and keep dips securely covered. Supervision. Silage pits All visitors – falls from height; Contamination with manure. Prevent access – area to be roped off when not full. Supervision. Signage. Supervised hand washing. Manure & compost heaps All visitors – contamination with manure. Prevent access. Supervision. Signage. Ponds and water courses; zoonoses – Weil’s disease All visitors – drowning; contamination with infective agent from contact with water. Prevent access. Divert route to avoid water course - signage (at entrance and near water course). Washing facilities. (see later for pond-dipping). Fences and gates; Electric fences Visitors physical injuries – cuts, grazes etc. Contamination of visitors from touching farm animals or contaminated surfaces followed by ingestion of micro –organisms; electric shock from touching live fences. Maintenance of fences & gates. Regular cleaning to prevent contamination with manure. Provide hand washing facilities (See Industry Code of Practice). Information & signage. Double fencing. Cover barbed/electric wire at viewing point. Switch off fence. Barns and yards – bale & fertiliser stacks; unsecured tractor wheels, pallets, boxes etc All visitors – struck by falling objects, injuries due to climbing/falling. Check stacks are secure & restack if required. Prevent access. Prohibit climbing on stacks (see later for supervised bale-climbing) Remove hazardous objects, tripping hazards etc. Store wheels/tyres etc safely. Grain silos, bins and stores All visitors – inhaling harmful grain dust; physical injury from falls; entrapment/ suffocation. Prevent access to grain stores/bins. Cover intake pits. Supervision. Signage. Remove access ladders on bins or make safe. What are the hazards? Who might be harmed and how? What are you already doing? What further action is necessary? Suggestions below Action by whom? Action by when? Done
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