Turning accident prevention up to 11
Farmers care about a lot of things; weather, grasshoppers, community, family, country, soil, crop disease, debt, repairs, fertilizer, weeds, seed, sustainability, taxes, equality, railways, wetlands, trade, quality, high-speed Internet, employees, neighbours, etc. The list is almost endless.
Farmers also care about the health and safety of their workers, families, neighbours and themselves.
This year, AgSafe Alberta is turning farm safety up to 11 with their Farmers Care accident prevention initiative. As the character Nigel Tufnel believed in the old 80’s movie This Is Spinal Tap, 11 is better than 10. Just like the list of things that farmers care about, farm and ranch safety has a long list of considerations that goes well beyond 10. A new piece of equipment, the next generation learning how to operate a combine or a swather, a new crop protection product or a simple thing like getting a bit older and less nimble requires farmers and ranchers to always consider the safety of everyone anew.
The Farmers Care campaign from AgSafe Alberta reminds farmers and ranchers to refresh their knowledge of risks and hazards by going through their “Take 11” challenge. There are 11 letters in the phrase Farmer Care and AgSafe Alberta has used each letter to create a quick and easy “Take 11” challenge for farmers and ranchers to reacquaint themselves with the fundamentals of farm safety.
Each of the 11 letters is used to start a word relating to a safety section with risks and hazards neatly aligned.
Do you know the risk zones on your farm? How can you prevent an accident from happening?
“Take 11” is a refresher for farmers with a safety plan already in place and a great place to start for farmers looking to create a safety plan. If you are in the process of developing a farm safety plan and don’t know where to start, AgSafe Alberta can help.
The vision of AgSafe Alberta is plain and simple, safer farms and ranches in Alberta. Their mission is to support a culture of safety on farms and ranches in Alberta through information, education and training. You can start anywhere and start today. AgSafe Albert offers everything from quickstart guides, webinars and even expert advisors that are available to help develop a safety plan for your farm.
Start here, head on over to take11.ca and get started in preventing the possibility of an accident on your farm.