How Does Safety Rate on Your Farm or Ranch?

Checklist

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Target date

Hazard corrected

FIELDS, WOODLOTS, LANES DRIVES, AND YARDS (cont'd)

Are lanes and drives marked before winter snows to indicate ditches, etc. for snow removal?

Are all obstacles that can be snow covered removed from yard and work areas before winter?

Is equipment kept off steep slopes where stability can be uncertain?

Are sidewalks and walkways in good repair?

Are lawn and garden tools put away after use?

Is the yard clear of rubbish, dead vegetation, waste, mislaid tools, etc.?

Is there protection from the danger of uncovered water tanks, wells cisterns, etc.?

Do you inspect trees after storms and in spring for broke limbs that could come down?

Do you have an assigned play area for children (e.g., a fenced area)?

Do you kill or remove hazardous plants such as poison ivy?

Do you check for nests of stinging insects and take appropriate action for their removal?

Are clotheslines high enough for pedestrians to walk under?

FARM TRACTOR SAFETY

Do you read the operator's manual for you farm tractor, and follow the operating, maintenance and safety recommendations found therein?

Before operating, do you walk around the tractor making a visual check for bystanders and other objects?

Is the tractor equipped with a rollover protective structure (ROPS) and seatbelts?

Do you always wear seatbelts with ROPS?

Do you enforce the rule "NO RIDERS ON THE TRACTOR AT ANY TIME?"