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Working Environment safety

Is your farm a great place to work? Is the farm well set up for people to work safely and comfortably? This topic covers safety in the farm working environment across five distinct areas:

  • Physical environment hazards (including noise, dust, heat, cold and UV exposure),
  • Facilities for workers, 
  • Psychosocial hazards (inc. contributors to workplace stress, fatigue, harassment, bullying and violence), 
  • Injury management (inc. health monitoring, injury reporting and compensation, health and safety communication) and 
  • Emergency responses, including emergency response plans, facilities and equipment 

Work Health and Safety regulations require that you must assess and manage the risks to health and safety associated with the working environment of the farm.

Use the resources below to ensure that you are managing a safe workplace and fulfilling your legal obligations.

A good place to start is Step by step –Setting up for a safe working environment on your farm

Resources

The Farm Safety Manual aims to make it straightforward for dairy farmers to build and improve a comprehensive farm safety system.

Resources  
Farm Safety Manual – Working Environment Word
Fatigue poster PDF
Portable fire extinguisher guide PDF
Further information

 

Noise   
Testing noise levels – phone app list    Website
Model Code of Practice: Managing noise and preventing hearing loss at work (Safe Work Australia)
Website
Hearing protection guide
PDF
Hearing tests explained (Australian Hearing) Website
Dusts  
Asthma information (Asthma Australia) Website
Disposable dust masks guide 
PDF
Organic farm dusts (University of Sydney)
PDF 
Heat / Cold / UV   
Heat related illness (SafeWork NSW) Website
Sun protection in the workplace (Cancer Council) Website
Facilities for workers  
Model Code of Practice: Managing the work environment and facilities (Safe Work Australia)
Website
Psychosocial hazards  
Fatigue self assessment (University of Sydney) PDF
Fatigue – includes guides, case studies (Safe Work Australia) Website
Farm workplace policies 
this site
Preventing and responding to workplace bullying 
Website
Unlawful harassment (Human Rights Commission)
Website
Injury management – templates, record keeping this site
Notifiable incidents factsheet (Safe Work Australia) Website

Model Code of Practice: WH&S consultation, co-operation and co-ordination (Safe Work Australia)  

Website
Emergency response  
Medical emergency poster template Word
Calling 000 – Triple zero Website
First aid in the workplace (Safe Work Australia) Website 

Extreme weather information (Dairy Australia)

Website 

Emergency response plan
(WorkSafe Victoria)
 

Website
Guide to fire extinguishers Website

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