Written by Charlotte Cunningham
Farmers are being urged to hold safety meetings ahead of the busy harvest season in a bid to prevent accidents. CPM reports. Farms and estates should consider holding pre-harvest health and safety briefings as a reminder to all staff of the risks involved during this busy time of year and what steps they should take to mitigate them. Robert Gazely, health and safety specialist at Strutt & Parker, said harvest is an intense time of year so making time to thoroughly brief all employees, both new and existing, is essential. “Farms become busier not only in terms of workload but also machinery movements and numbers of employees – including temporary harvest staff – operating together. Practical information “Pre-harvest health and safety briefings are strongly recommended as a way of reinforcing the importance of health and safety issues and are a practical way of providing employees – and family members – with the information, instruction, training and supervision that they need to stay safe.” Briefings should include information like the location of first aid kits, accident books, assembly points, fire extinguishers and electric isolation points, added Robert. “Workers should know who the qualified first aiders are and who to report any…
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