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Machinery

Includes safe use, risk assessment, design, maintenance, farm safety, supply, mechanical, and other common hazards.

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  1. Using machines safelyhttps://www.hse.gov.uk/agriculture/topics/machinery/safe-use-1.htm
  2. Hazardous areas on specific machineshttps://www.hse.gov.uk/agriculture/topics/machinery/safe-use-2.htm
  3. Power take-off (PTO) shaftshttps://www.hse.gov.uk/agriculture/topics/machinery/safe-use-3.htm
  4. Guarding (general advice)https://www.hse.gov.uk/agriculture/topics/machinery/safe-use-4.htm
  5. Build safety into designhttps://www.hse.gov.uk/agriculture/topics/machinery/buildsafety.htm
  6. The lawhttps://www.hse.gov.uk/agriculture/topics/machinery/law.htm
  7. Essential health and safety requirementshttps://www.hse.gov.uk/agriculture/topics/machinery/ehsr.htm
  8. Risk assessmenthttps://www.hse.gov.uk/agriculture/topics/machinery/risk.htm
  9. Basic risk assessment example: Flail hedge cutter (tractor-mounted)https://www.hse.gov.uk/agriculture/topics/machinery/riskexample.htm
  10. British, European and International Standardshttps://www.hse.gov.uk/agriculture/topics/machinery/intstandards.htm
  11. Buying new machineryhttps://www.hse.gov.uk/agriculture/topics/machinery/buying-1.htm
  12. Buying second-hand machineryhttps://www.hse.gov.uk/agriculture/topics/machinery/buying-2.htm
  13. Safe workplace transporthttps://www.hse.gov.uk/agriculture/topics/machinery/farm-vehicles-1.htm
  14. Overturning tractors and other self-propelled vehicleshttps://www.hse.gov.uk/agriculture/topics/machinery/farm-vehicles-2.htm
  15. All-terrain vehicles (ATVs), Quad bikes and side-by-side utility vehicleshttps://www.hse.gov.uk/agriculture/topics/machinery/farm-vehicles-3.htm
  16. Telescopic materials handlers (telehandlers)https://www.hse.gov.uk/agriculture/topics/machinery/farm-vehicles-4.htm
  17. Travelling with a tractor mounted fore-end loader or telescopic materials handler on the public highway: general guidance for safe operationhttps://www.hse.gov.uk/agriculture/topics/machinery/farm-vehicles-5.htm
  18. Safe maintenancehttps://www.hse.gov.uk/agriculture/topics/maintenance-1.htm
  19. Vehicle Repairhttps://www.hse.gov.uk/agriculture/topics/maintenance-2.htm
  20. General workshop safetyhttps://www.hse.gov.uk/agriculture/topics/maintenance-3.htm
  21. LOLER in agriculturehttps://www.hse.gov.uk/agriculture/topics/maintenance-4.htm
  22. Crushing hazardshttps://www.hse.gov.uk/agriculture/topics/machinery/crushing.htm
  23. Shearing hazardshttps://www.hse.gov.uk/agriculture/topics/machinery/shearing.htm
  24. Cutting or severing hazardshttps://www.hse.gov.uk/agriculture/topics/machinery/cutting.htm
  25. Entanglement hazardshttps://www.hse.gov.uk/agriculture/topics/machinery/entanglement.htm
  26. Drawing-in and trapping hazardshttps://www.hse.gov.uk/agriculture/topics/machinery/drawing.htm
  27. Impact hazardshttps://www.hse.gov.uk/agriculture/topics/machinery/impact.htm
  28. Stabbing and puncture hazardshttps://www.hse.gov.uk/agriculture/topics/machinery/stabbing.htm
  29. Friction and abrasion hazardshttps://www.hse.gov.uk/agriculture/topics/machinery/friction.htm
  30. High pressure fluid injection hazardshttps://www.hse.gov.uk/agriculture/topics/machinery/fluid.htm
  31. Mobile machineryhttps://www.hse.gov.uk/agriculture/topics/machinery/mobilemach.htm
  32. Electricityhttps://www.hse.gov.uk/agriculture/topics/machinery/electricity.htm
  33. Thermal hazardhttps://www.hse.gov.uk/agriculture/topics/machinery/thermal.htm
  34. Noisehttps://www.hse.gov.uk/agriculture/topics/machinery/noise.htm
  35. Vibrationhttps://www.hse.gov.uk/agriculture/topics/machinery/vibration.htm
  36. Radiationhttps://www.hse.gov.uk/agriculture/topics/machinery/radiation.htm
  37. Exposure to hazardous substanceshttps://www.hse.gov.uk/agriculture/topics/machinery/hazsub.htm
  38. Slips, trips & fallshttps://www.hse.gov.uk/agriculture/topics/machinery/slips.htm
  39. Ergonomicshttps://www.hse.gov.uk/agriculture/topics/machinery/ergonomics.htm
  40. Visibilityhttps://www.hse.gov.uk/agriculture/topics/machinery/visibility.htm

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Updated 2024-10-24