Safety Measures for Tractors and Implements
Safe use of Tractors Guidelines:?
The need for these guidelines is to help and reduce the risk of injuries and deaths by providing practical guidance on how to manage various tractor hazards.
The guideline outlines potential hazards of using tractors on farms and provides recommendations to eliminate, isolate and minimize those hazards.
On average,? lots of farmers are killed every year in the world while using farm tractors or during different farm operations. Many farmers have been seriously injured while operating it.?
Timely Maintenance is Must:
Timely Maintenance is important for your tractor. It helps your tractor to run long in the field. Daily maintenance of the tractor is the key to safety, by this, the tractor is able to work long term. Make this point a daily routine of your life.
Rollover Protection System (ROPS):
Rollover Protection System (ROPS) is a system arranged in the tractors to protect tractors from overturns and or rollovers. ROPS supplies safety to tractors from overturns and also gives a safety frame to the driver.?
The various types of accidents involving farm tractors are as follows:
- Tractors rolling over
- People being run over
- People being tangled in implements and machinery which are attached to the tractor.
Other Risks of Tractors and Implements are:
- Tractor fires
- Working under raised or heavy loads
- Touching overhead power lines
- Noise-induced hearing loss
- Slips, trips, and falls on and off the tractor.
- It is important to improve tractor driving practices.
General Safety Precautions Are:
- These manufacturer's operating instructions are important that every tractor operator should have to follow:
- Tractor drivers have specialized training for the particular farm needs or farm operations
- The operator should be in wear comfortable, well-fitting clothing and boots
- When the driving tractors are without cabins use hearing protection.
- Wear a seat belt where fitted
- Adjust the seat as, all controls can be operated easily, comfortably, and safely
- Keep children away from tractors and machinery
- All guards keep in place, involving power take-off (PTO) and master shield guards
- Unless there is a designated seat and seat belt within the protective zone of the ROPS, do not carry the passenger.
- According to the manufacturer's instructions fit the attachments
- When attaching equipment, Always use the mounting points or drawbar provided by the manufacturer, While attaching equipment. Do not use improvised methods.
- Don't modify, alter or raise the height of the drawbar outside of those adjustments which were made by the manufacturer.
- When the power implements are attached to the tractor verify all guards are in place before operating.
- Around the axle housing or to the top link pin, never hitch above the centerline of the rear axle.
- ?While the implements are in motion do not attempt to adjust or work on implements.
- If the power shaft or PTO shaft is guarded don’t use or attach implements.
Start and Stop the Tractors Correctly:
- Start the tractor only from the driving position and not from the ground Do not start the tractor from the ground, start it only from the driving position
- Do not dismount from a moving tractor
- Verify the parking brake is on and operating effectively before dismounting
- Never park the tractor on the steep slope.
- The starting key have removed when the tractor is not in use
