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LEGISLATION
SAFE FARMING
AND LEGISLATION Safety, Health and Welfare at Work Act 2005
The 2005 Safety, Health and Welfare at Work Act has specific legislation relating to safety in farming environments, which specifies the following requirements. It is the law to have:
• A safe place of work which includes the farmyard and buildings
• Safe working practices and procedures
• Safe equipment and machinery
• A safe way in and out of the
farmyard and other places of work,
including farm buildings
• Information and training for workers
on the farm
• Personal, protective equipment
where necessary
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• A safe system for the storage, handling and use of articles and substances
• Adequate toilet and washing facilities
Although you might be a self-employed farmer, you have similar duties and responsibilities to those of an employer.
Farmers are legally obliged to conduct their farming in a way that does not put themselves or other persons at risk. If there is an accident on the farm, which prevents anyone carrying out their normal duties for more than three calendar days, farmers must report it to the Health & Safety Authority. Specified dangerous occurrences, such as fires,
- Ploughing
- Tilling
- Sowing
- Cereals & Grass Seeds - Baling
- Combining
- Hay & Silage Baling
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