Farming Safety Services
Farm safety is an important service that Safety Solutions provide throughout Western Australia. Ensuring skilled workplace health & safety (WHS) consulting services are available to farms in WA guarantees that employers are able to effectively implement and maintain safety systems and procedures helping employers save thousands of dollars in unnecessary fines and keeping employees safe.
Safety Solutions WA is committed to assisting business owners to make their workplaces safer. We understand the farming industry and its hazards which can include, but not limited to:
- Working with or alongside vehicles and plant (including tractors, quad bikes, motorbikes, and augers)
- Working alone and in isolated areas
- Fatigue and long working hours during harvest
- Extreme temperature exposure (hot and cold environments)
- Manual handling
- Chemicals such as fertilizers, pesticides, herbicides, and fuels to name a few
- Working with animals
- Using firearms
Some simple controls can be implemented into a farm environment to assist with mitigation of the above hazards and make the workplace safer.
Farm Safety Management Plans
SSWA’s occupational health and safety systems are specially designed to conform with ISO: 45001 (ex-AS/NZS: 4801) Risk Management Standards.
Farm Safety Consultants
Our team of trained and qualified safety professionals who can help you achieve all of your minimum health and safety requirements and expand upon these to deliver best practice models. Don’t leave yourself open to fines and court cases because you weren’t compliant, speak to the team who can help.
Personnel Secondment
The SSWA team recognises the changing needs of businesses and projects and can provide short, medium, or long term contract safety personnel within WA or interstate.
Farm WHS Audits & Inspections
Our qualified team provides audits and inspections that are tailored to suit your needs. From a basic legislative WHS compliance inspection through to a WorkSafe Plan Assessment or Australian / International Standard level audits.
Tender Assistance
We understand that a good health and safety tender document is key to winning contracts, and we take pride in helping our clients to prepare and review their tender documents.
Farm Incident Investigation
In the unfortunate event that an incident and/or injury occurs at your workplace, we can provide you with incident investigation and corrective/preventative action assistance. Feel safe knowing that our team of professionals are here to help you.
Farm safety is something that can be at the back of your mind when harvesting, seeding, sheering and all other jobs seem to take priority. Don’t leave yourself open to litigation because you didn’t have the time to ensure your farm was safe. Safety Solutions has been looking after farms throughout Western Australia for years with happy clients from Kununurra to Albany.
If you would like to learn more about the risks employers and employees face in the farming industry contact us and book an appointment for one of our friendly consultants to come see you.
Safety Solutions WA are a Western Australian based workplace health and safety consultancy that believes in effective and hassle free safety management.
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