OBSERVE SAFETY PRECAUTIONS IN

HORTICULTURAL FARM OPERATIONS

LESSON 3
Introduction
• This lesson deals with the safety
precautions in horticultural
farm operations. It includes risk
management, classes of
hazards, and possible hazards in
horticultural farm operations.
Objectives
1. Safety precautions while
doing the horticultural farm
operations are observed.
2.Hazards in the workplace are
identified.
DIFINITION OF TERMS
1. Safety – the physical or environmental conditions
of work which comply with the prescribed
Occupational Health Safety (OHS) standards and
which allow the workers to perform his or her job
without or within acceptable exposure to hazards
2. Occupational safety – the practices related to
production and work process
3. Health – a sound state of the body and mind of
the worker that enable him or her to perform the
job normally
Safety Precautions in Handling Farm
Facilities
Horticultural farm operations deal with a lot of
activities to be done in the different
workplaces. While performing these
activities, we expose ourselves to a lot of
risks. Workplace hazard is a major cause of
accident, injury, or harm to a worker who
performs such task. These hazards should be
the major concern of all who are involved in
a certain job or work.
HAZARD
• Hazard is the potential for harm,
or adverse effect on an employee’s
health. Anything which may cause
injury or ill health to anyone at or
near a workplace is a hazard.
RISK
• Risk is the likelihood that a
hazard will cause injury or ill
health to anyone at or near a
workplace. The level of risk
increases with the severity of the
hazard and the duration and
frequency of exposure.
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EXPOSURE
• Exposure occurs when a
person comes in contact with
a hazard.
RISK MANAGEMENT
Risk management is a four-step process
1.Identify the hazard
Hazard identification is identifying all
situations or events that could cause injury or
illness. Eliminating or minimizing workplace
hazards needs a systematic approach. It is
essential to try and anticipate all possible
hazards at the workplace known as the ‘what
if?’ approach.
2. Assess the risk associated with the
hazard
• This step involves gathering
information and making decisions. It
is important to consider the causes
and impact of hazards in a workplace.
To avoid risking the workers’ health,
introduce some precautionary
measures.
3. Control the risk
• The third step in effective risk
management involves establishing and
maintaining systems which give
opportunity for regular evaluation and
review procedures. Evaluation means
examining control measures to ensure
that risks are eliminated or reduced.
They should not have caused new
hazards.
4. Review the process
• The review system applies to the
overall risk management process.
It checks if the process is working
effectively.
TYPES OF HAZARDS
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PHYSICAL
• includes floors, stairs, work platforms,
steps, ladders, fire, falling objects,
slippery surfaces, manual handling
(lifting, pushing, pulling), excessively
loud and prolonged noise, vibration,
heat and cold, radiation, poor lighting,
ventilation, and air quality
MECHANICAL OR ELECTRICAL
• includes electricity,
machinery, equipment,
pressure vessels, dangerous
goods, forklifts, cranes, hoists
CHEMICAL
• includes chemical substances such as
acids or poisons and those that could
lead to fire or explosion, like
pesticides, herbicides, cleaning agents,
dusts and fumes from various
processes such as welding
BIOLOGICAL
• includes bacteria, viruses,
mold, mildew, insects,
vermin, animals
PSYCHOSOCIAL OR PSYCHOLOGICAL

•includes workplace
stressors arising from a
variety of sources.