Description

Accident prevention in the workplace is an element of occupational safety to prevent existential crisis on farms and is promoted through intensive prevention work, for example through agricultural employers’ liability insurance associations. Measures include maintenance and inspection of technical equipment and machinery, health and safety arrangements for workers working with machinery (including guards and protective equipment) and animals, ensuring farm buildings, stairs and accesses are constructed safely, and by providing instructions for the use of equipment and chemicals. Occupational health and safety and accident prevention are wide-ranging topics that vary depending on the farm and the type of work carried out there.

Requirements

• A properly functioning country-wide administration and monitoring system with access to the relevant information and sufficient technical and human capacities for its design, implementation and monitoring
• Close collaboration and knowledge sharing with insurance companies
• Close cooperation and knowledge sharing with farmers' organisations
• Close cooperation and knowledge sharing with local advisory services
• Close cooperation and knowledge sharing with research institutions
• Regular neutral inspections on farms and in agri-food enterprises
• Sanction mechanisms
• Regular staff instruction
• Training opportunities for independent inspectors and users

Possible Negative Effects

• Discriminates against smaller-scale farmers and processors