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TLE-AFA-AGRI CROP
PRODUCTION
Quarter 1 – Module 4:
Use of PPE in Agricultural Crop
Technology and Livelihood Education – Grade 9
Alternative Delivery Mode
Quarter 1 – Module 4: Use of PPE in Agricultural Crop Production
First Edition, 2020

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TLE
Quarter 1 – Module 4:
Use of PPE in Agricultural Crop
Production
 What I Need to Know

At the end of the module you should be able to:

1. Identify the different personal protective equipment (PPE).
2. Check the suitable personal protective equipment as required by
the job.
3. Wear appropriate personal protective equipment.

What I Know

Direction: Read each item carefully and fill in the blanks. Use your notebook to
write your answers.
Let us determine how much you already know about the personal protective
equipment. Take this test.
I. Fill in the blanks.
1._________ can reduce the number and severity of farm work related injuries and
illnesses. (2-4). Protect your head with a hard hat when performing 2.
_____________,
3. ______________, 4. __________, with head injury risks. Use a sun safety hat one
with a wide brim and neck protection to assist in the prevention of 5.
________________. Protect your vision with appropriate safety eyewear 6.
_________________, 7. _________________, 8. ___________ when applying pesticides,
fertilizers, working in the shop, or in heavy dust conditions. Protect your hearing
with acoustic earmuffs or plugs when operating noisy equipment such as 9.
___________________, 10. _____________, older tractors, chain saws, etc.

II. Give at least five (5) examples of PPE.

1. ______________________ 4. ______________________
2. ______________________ 5. ______________________
3. ______________________

Note: If you get 100% correct in this pre- assessment, skip the lesson but if not and
only get 50% to 99% correct, then proceed with the lesson.

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Lesson
Personal Protective
4 Equipment (PPE)

PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT

Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) can reduce the number and severity
of farm work related injuries and illnesses. Personal protective equipment not only
helps protect people but also improves productivity and profits. Farmers and
ranchers can share in these benefits by using the appropriate protective equipment
for themselves, family members and employees when the job and its potential
hazards call for it.

What’s In

1. What is manual handling?

2. Why does learning the proper manual handling important in the field
of agriculture?
3. Give 2 examples of musculoskeletal disorders.

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 Notes to the Teacher
This contains information about PPE that will help
you in guiding the learners to reduce the number
and severity of farm work related injuries and
illnesses.

What’s New

1. Have you seen workers working on construction site or any related work?
2. What have you observed what they’re wearing?
3. Have you asked yourself the purpose of those clothing/paraphernalia?

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 What is It

The following are Personal Protective Equipment:

1. Personal Hard Hat

Protects your head with a hard hat when performing construction
work, trimming trees, repairing machinery and doing other jobs with head
injury risks. Use a sun safety hat (one with a wide brim and neck protection) to
assist in the prevention of skin cancer.

2. Goggles
Protects your vision with appropriate safety eyewear (safety glasses,
goggles, face-shields) when applying pesticides, fertilizers, working in
the shop or in heavy dust conditions.

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3. Earmuffs
Protects your hearing with acoustic earmuffs or plugs when operating
noisy equipment such as grain dryers, feed grinders, older tractors, chain
saws etc.

4. Dust Mask
Protect your lungs with the correct respiratory equipment (dust mask,
cartridge respirators, gas masks, air packs) when working in dusty or moldy
conditions, spray painting, applying chemicals, working in bins, tanks, silos
and manure storage places.

FARM WORKS THAT INVOLVE USING OF CHEMICALS AND HAZARDOUS

TOOLS AND EQUIPMENT

1. Spraying Chemicals
Many different chemicals are used on the farm including pesticides. These
chemicals are used to fertilize and control pests such as insects, weeds, mollusk,
etc. Most of these chemicals are applied by spraying.

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Examples of chemical hazards:
Spraying in a strong wind and the spray drifting over a dam or the farm
house.
Washing spray equipment and the water running into open drains, collecting in
puddles, or running into stockyards or dams. Containers or chemicals left lying
around. Empty containers lying in a heap.
Some ways you can reduce the risk of hazards from chemicals are:
• Use personal protective equipment such as respirators, waterproof clothes,
rubber gloves and waterproof footwear.
• Make sure chemicals are safely stored and cupboards locked.
• Never spray chemicals on days when there is a high wind.
• Know first aid procedures.
• Keep a list of all hazardous substances on the farm.
Safe use of chemicals
• Consider if a chemical substance is really needed.
• Eliminate a hazardous substance, or if that is not possible, substitute it with
less hazardous one.
• Safe work practices or personal protective equipment should be used.
• Keep records of farm chemicals.
2. Land Preparation Using Tractor
a. Victims fall off or are thrown from the tractor
b. Run over by either the tractor or an implement being towed, or both.
c. Overturn

Safety Reminders
• Tractors are not passenger vehicles.
• Use seat belts when driving tractors.
• ROPS will protect the operator from serious injuries.

Causes of run over accidents

• Sudden stops
• Driving over holes, stumps and debris, or a sharp turn

How to prevent run over

• Never allow riders on tractors.
• Discuss with family members and farm workers the potential risks of riding
tractor.
• It is also helpful to post 'no riders' decals on all tractors to remind others
about the policy.
• Use or provide other vehicles that allow passengers, such as trucks or cars,
when transportation is needed to fields or remote work.

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 What’s More

Direction: Answer the following questions. Write the answers in your notebook.
I. Give some hazards in land preparation using tractors
1.
2.
3.

II. Enumerate safety reminders in using a tractor.

4.
5.
6.

III. What are the causes of run over accidents?

7.
8.

IV. Give 2 ways of preventing runover.

9.
10.

What I Have Learned

I have learned that…

___________________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________

I have realized that…

___________________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________

I will apply…
___________________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________

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 What I Can Do

WEAR APPROPRIATE PPE

Instruction: Do some pruning activities in your area. Select an appropriate PPE for
your activity. Let somebody document your work by taking pictures or video.
Present your output next meeting.

Find out by accomplishing the Scoring Rubric honestly and sincerely.

Remember it is your learning at stake!

SCORE
Criteria
20 15 10 5
Identification and selection of correct PPE
Reenactment of farm activities
Written report

Interpretation of Scores:
16 – 20 – Excellent output
11 – 15 – Very good
6 – 10 – Fair output
5 and below – Poor output

NOTE: Perform the activity with the supervision/guidance of your parents. Write
your comments in your notebook.

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 Assessment

Instruction: Fill in the blank with the correct answer. Use your notebook for your
answers.
Protect your hearing with acoustic earmuffs or plugs when operating noisy
equipment such as 1_______________2_______________. Protect your vision with
appropriate safety eyewear (3_______________, 4_______________, 5_______________
when applying pesticides, fertilizers, working in the shop, or in heavy dust
conditions_______________6.can reduce the number and severity of farm work
related injuries and illnesses. Protect your head with a hard hat when performing
7. _______________, 8. _______________, 9. _______________. Use a sun safety hat (one
with a wide brim and neck protection) to assist in the prevention of 10.
_______________.

II. Give at least 5 examples of PPE.

1. _______________
2. _______________
3. _______________
4. _______________
5. _______________

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ASSESSMENT ASSESSMENT
II. I.
Additional Activities
(Answers may vary) Answers may vary. 1-2. answers can be interchanged
(It will be graded 1. earplugs
using the rubric.) 2. earmuffs
3. safety glasses
4. goggles
5. face shields
6. dust mask/gas mask
7-9 answers can be interchanged
7. construction work
8. trimming trees
9. repairing machineries
10. skin cancer
WHAT I CAN DO What I Have Learned
(It will be graded
using the rubric.) Answers may vary
What I Know?
What’s More
I.
l. 1. Personal Protective Equipment
1. Victims fall off or thrown from the (PPE)
tractor. 2. Construction work
2. Run over by either the tractors or an 3. Trimming trees
implement being towed, or both. 4. Repairing machineries
3. Overturn 5. Skin cancer
6. Safety glasses
ll. 7. Goggles
4. Tractors are not passenger vehicles 8. Face-shields
5. Use seat belts when driving tractors. 9. Grain dryers
6. ROPS will protect the operators from 10. Feed grinder
serious injuries.
ll.
lll. 1. Hard hat
7. Sudden stops 2. Safety glasses
8. Driving over holes 3. Earmuffs
4. Dust masks
IV. 5. Gas masks
9. Never allow riders on tractors. or
10. Discuss with family members and Answers may vary
farm III. What’s New?
workers the potential risks of riding a
Answer may vary
tractor.
Answer Key
References

• https://www.hse.gov.uk/toolbox/manual.htm. Manual handling

• https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/musculoskeletal-conditions
• https://www.google.com/search?q=manual+handling+icon&tbm=isch&ved=2ahUKEwjS5-y-
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