SafetyShop Library – Canadian Agricultural Safety Association

Spot the Dangers

This fun, hands-on activity asks participants to identify dangers found on this farm. Intended to start conversations, this laminated resource comes with dry-erase markers.

On-Farm Agricultural Worker Safety Training Review Summary

Agriculture remains one of the most dangerous industries to work in. Training has been acknowledged as a key factor in the promotion of occupational safety and health. Training makes workers aware of the hazards they may encounter in the workplace, informs them of the tools and regulations that are in place to protect them and drives them towards safe behaviours.

Drunk Buster Goggles

FiAR – Fire Extinguisher Safety Training Tool

Check your snow loads

Mental Health, Stress and Farm Business Management

How Canadian Agricultural Standards Keep Canadians Safe

Agricultural machinery, including tractors, is built with safety in mind. All agricultural machinery is subject to safety standards that are essential in keeping farmers, farm workers and farming communities safe.

Agriculture-Related Fatalities In Ontario 1990-2015

Asphyxiation Agriculture-Related Fatalities 2006-2015

Seniors (60+ Years) Agriculture-Related Fatalities 2006-2015

Child and Youth Agriculture-Related Fatalities in Canada 2006-2015

Tractor Pre-Use Inspection Checklist

Inspection checklist for tractors

Tractor Operator Skills and Competency Checklist

Tractor operator forward, reverse and steering techniques

Teach Your Way: Open Source Ag Health and Safety Curriculum

Five training modules for youth ages 16 to 23.

Developing a basic emergency preparedness plan

A fast, coordinated response in an emergency can lessen the impact of an injury and may even save a life

Power take off

PTO and how to stay safe using the toolbox talk.

Locating underground utilities before you dig

Every year, underground infrastructures and utilities are unintentionally struck across Canada. Unsafe digging could result in serious injury or death, fines and repair costs, or interrupted services. Although many underground infrastructures and utilities are found in urban areas, rural areas also have a number of these services.

Ladder safety

Falls from ladders are one of the leading causes of serious injury in agriculture. These falls are preventable if the proper precautions are taken.

Hazard assessment tool

A tool to help identify hazards on your farm

Grain bin assessment chart

An assessment chart to help you stay safe when dealing with grain that is out of condition

Developing a basic emergency preparedness plan

To prepare for medical and other emergencies, develop an Emergency Preparedness Plan and review it regularly with everyone who may have to deal with an emergency on the farm.

Creating Safe Play Areas – 2010 Mini Edition

Creating a safe play area at your farm

How to Support Seniors

Supporting seniors who are farming.

Rail Safety Tips

Tips for Rail Safety

The 5 Golden Rules of Safe Use of Crop Protection

Playing Safe on the Farm – Toolbox Talks for Kids

The best places to play and explore are the ones that are set aside for just that! A safe play area is a place that is free of things that could hurt a kid and has lots of fun things to do.

Toolbox Talks – Template

Toolbox Talks are brief, informal talks or meetings about specific topics relevant to agriculture and how to undertake these various tasks safely and properly.

Slips and Trips

Keep an eye out for potential slip and trip hazards. Identify, communicate the hazard to others, and control of the hazard can prevent injury and maintain productivity.

Glove Selection and Use

Gloves provide important protection. It’s essential to choose the correct gloves for the task. There are many types to choose from and using the correct type will help prevent injury.

Safety Footwear

Safety footwear selection is as easy as 1, 2, 3.

WHMIS

Incorporating GHS into WHMIS has led to some important changes in Canada.

Fusarium and Mycotoxins

Mycotoxins are toxic compounds that are naturally produced by certain types of moulds (fungi). Most mycotoxins are chemically stable and do not degrade during storage or under normal food processing conditions.1

Making Transitions

Maintaining relationships when a family business is involved in transitioning to the next generation can create unique challenges

Maintaining Healthy Relationships

“ Relationships provide us with identity, purpose and direction. In essence, relationships and therefore community is a life giving, life defining, life nurturing process.”

Living With Stress

It is important to understand the components of stress. Stress is a normal reaction to situations that are perceived to be challenging

Dealing With Conflict

Conflict is part of life. In all relationships, we experience conflict. Conflict can be positive if managed properly.

Confidential Personal Wellness Assessment

This is a confidential document and is intended to be completed privately and shared with your health care provider ONLY.

Developing a Visitor Orientation

The first step to developing a visitor orientation is to list the basic safety rules and policies you expect all visitors to follow.

Developing a Spring Checklist

When developing a Pre-Season Checklist, use the template below with checklist items that are important to your farm. When using your checklist, your action items will be determined by your response.

Farm Stress Management Plan

A management plan to reduce stress.

Farm Stress Inventory

Farming has ongoing situations that cause stress. Common farm stressors are finances, daily hassles, and lack of control over the weather, heavy work overloads, and conflict in relationships.

Strengthening International Partnerships–Translating the Agricultural Youth Work Guidelines for French Canadians

The Agricultural Youth Work Guidelines (AYWG) can help farm parents and supervisors assign work that matches a youth’s abilities, thus reducing injury risk and keeping your child safe.

Teach Your Way: Open Source of Ag Health and Safety Curriculum

AgriSafe offers Invest in Your Health Trainer Exchanges where educators can be trained and certified on five agricultural health and safety modules.

Celebrating 25 Years of Making Farm, Ranch and Rural Life Safer for Children and Their Communities

Progressive Agriculture Safety Days – A look back at 25 Years of the Progressive Agriculture Foundation – working for child safety

Grain Bin Fall Protection: Northern Strands’ Bin Safety System

Our patent pending fall protection system is a cutting edge product designed to protect farm workers personal health & safety from a fall while climbing or accessing a bin for repairs or inspections.

Working Together to Sustain the Future of Agricultural Safety and Health

Provide overview of ASHCA and description of the programs that we have developed to address important farm safety and health issues in U.S. agriculture.

Taking Care of you and your Farm

Research shows farmers face diverse challenges, including mental health & stress. These can contribute to increasing rates of stress, anxiety, depression, and burnout.

Machinery Standards for Safe & Strong Farms

Development and publication of machinery safety standards, especially those that are integrated into machinery design have a positive impact on reducing risk of harm to operators and bystanders.

A Look at Sustainable Farm Families Alberta

A successful health and wellness program for Alberta farmers SFF provides tools and techniques to effectively be able to plan safety on your farm.

Developing a Right-Sized Sustainable Safety Management System for the Farming Industry

Farm safety planning – Successful implementation of an effective and sustainable HSE management system is intended to drive continuous performance improvements in farm HSE.

Anhydrous Ammonia Safety & the Farmer

Fertilizer Canada has recently launched an updated farmer safety training program on anhydrous ammonia. The course aims to equip farmers with the knowledge to ensure that anhydrous ammonia fertilizer is handled and transported safely. – Crop Production Products

Exploring the Connection Between Mental Health and Farm Management

The findings from national survey results point to the threat Canadian agriculture farms and businesses may face due to poor mental health and high stress.

Resources for Agricultural Workers with Disabilities and Other Functional Limitations

AgrAbility addresses a wide variety of disabling conditions in agriculture.

Safety & Health Insurance Available and Farmer Insurance Needs

It is a common view that farmers do not have adequate health insurance to manage their health needs given the physical and mental risks that come with farming. The cost of farmers’ injuries and illness can be mitigated if farmers had more preventative, appropriate, and cost-effective health and disability coverage.

This report is to perform a preliminary overview of the health benefit plans currently offered by provincial and territorial farm organizations and a summary of the available coverage from traditional insurance providers.

Gelatin Brain Mould

A teaching kit of three life-size brain moulds comes with instructions on how to mix up a brain-like gel to let set in the mould. Flip the “brain” out of the moulds and you have a slimy, jiggly mass, similar to a real brain that can be dropped or smashed to demonstrate the need for a protective safety helmet!

Click Here To Download Instructions.

Target Age: Grade 1 – Adult

How it Works:
Wear a helmet when you ride!
Objective: To demonstrate how delicate the human brain is.
Concept: Things that are delicate can be protected.