Tractor and Machinery Safety
General Machinery Information
Tractor related injury, with run-over, rollover and
entanglement in tractor power take-off shafts (PTOs)
is as a major problem in farming. Design features for tractors,
such as neutral start switches and safe operator
access have been researched, and to some extent
implemented, however injury events continue to occur. Tractor
rollover is the major cause of tractor related farm fatality,
representing over 50% of tractor related fatalities. Fitting
approved roll bars to tractors has significantly reduced these
tractor related roll-over farm injuries.
Tractor operators and bystanders are dying and being
severely injured after being entangled in tractor and
implement PTO shafts on post hole diggers, slashers, feed mixers
and chaffers. Poor tractor maintenance and lack of
safe tractor operator training has lead to many tractor
accidents.
Machinery_Injuries on Australian Farms - The
Facts (pdf 1.54Mb)
Machinery_Guarding Guide (pdf 600kb)
Auger Guarding Guide (pdf 670kb)
Making Farm Machinery Safer RIRDC Publication
(pdf 850kb)
Farm Safety Fact Sheet No. 6 - Farm Machinery
Guarding (pdf 90kb)
Tractor Information
Tractor Driving and the Lower Back -
Information from RIRDC
Farm
Safety Fact Sheet No. 1 - Tractor Safety (pdf 170kb)
Tractor
Power Take-Offs (PTOs) (pdf 222kb)
Tractor Rollovers (pdf 727kb)
Tractor Safety Checklist (pdf 1.8Mb)
Safe_Jacking_of_Tractors on Farm (pdf
491kb)
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