lecture 3 - Health, safety and welfare

Question 1

How many people were killed on irish farms between 2013 and 2022

Answer 1

190 people

Question 2

how many people were killed on irish farms in 2022 alone

Answer 2

13 people

Question 3

over the last ten years, what sector has had the most workplace facilities in Ireland

Answer 3

agriculture

Question 4

In the USA, in 2020 how many farmers/workers died from a work related injury

Answer 4

368

Question 5

In Ireland in 2016, how many farmers died in a work related injury
what was the fatality rate ?

Answer 5

22 farmers
fatality rate of 8 deaths per 100,000 workers

Question 6

how many Deaths in Australia in 2014 were single vehicle incidents

Answer 6

67%

Question 7

what % of Deaths in Australia in 2014 were involved with a vehicle

Answer 7

75%

Question 8

how many people are killed each year in agriculture industry (Australia in 2014)

Answer 8

41

Question 9

what % of fatalities occurred on farms in austrailia in 2014

Answer 9

85%

Question 10

what is the highest % of deaths in canadian agriculture between 2003-2012

Answer 10

Runover accounting for 18%

Question 11

what is the highest % of fatalIties due to in NZ

Answer 11

Quad Bikes
-34%
-124 fatalities

Question 12

what is the highest % of fatalities in irish agriculture due to? (2011-2020)

Answer 12

tractors
-43%
-91 fatalities

Question 13

what % of fatalities in irish agriculture due to machinery ? (2011-2020)

Answer 13

11%
-23%-crushed

Question 14

what % of fatalities in irish agriculture due to livetsock ? (2011-2020)

Answer 14

19%
-36% of this due to cattle

Question 15

what % of fatalities in irish agriculture due to dalls & collapses ? (2011-2020)

Answer 15

14%
-48% falling from height

Question 16

what % of child’s death occur on farms (2011-2020)

Answer 16

10%
-76% being with tractors

Question 17

what % of deaths are older farmers (2011-2020)

Answer 17

45%
-43% with tractors

Question 18

what % of fatalities in irish agriculture due to drowning, gas ? (2011-2020)

Answer 18

10%
-33% due to slurry

Question 19

how do you recognise machinery hazards?

Answer 19

-moving parts
-Extreme hot/cold surfaces
-any live electrical components exposed?
-is machine noisy?
-does the machine use hazardous chemicals? (petrol/diesel)
-are there any parts under pressure? (hydraulic lines)

Question 20

what are human factors that may prevent injury/death?

Answer 20

-are users trained in safe operation
-are they rick averse?
-are they a “safe person”?
-are they wearing PPE?
-are they properly supervised?

Question 21

what is an Interlock in relation to machinery safety

Answer 21

an interlock prevents a machine from operating when a guard is open.
It can either:
-stop the machine when the guard is opened during machine operation
-prevent the opening of a guard during machine operation

Question 22

give a list of agricultural chemicals

Answer 22

-pesticides
-herbicides
-sheep dips
-rodenticides
-oils
-fuels

Question 23

what can long time exposure to agricultural chemicals lead to?

Answer 23

health effects

Question 24

how many deaths does agricultural chemicals account for per year

Answer 24

168,000 deaths

Question 25

since 2015 what are “professional users” of pesticides required to do?

Answer 25

-To Register
-to be trained in pesticide safety

Question 26

what are the main ways for routes of chemical exposure

Answer 26

-inhalation
-skin contact
-through damaged skin
-ingestion
-trans placental

Question 27

where can the hazards associated with a chemical be obtained?

Answer 27

-chemicals classification
-Safety Data Sheet (SDS)

Question 28

What must the supplier of hazardous material provide you with?

Answer 28

safety data sheet

Question 29

factors of chemical safety

Answer 29

-wearing PPE
-ensuring good hygiene practices
-knowledge

Question 30

what can asbestos cause

Answer 30

• decreasing lung function
  -cancer

Question 31

name one significant safety risk in farming?

Answer 31

hydrogen sulphide

Question 32

is hydrogen sulphide heavier than air?

Answer 32

yes so it fathers in slurry pits

Question 33

what can hydrogen sulphide cause

Answer 33

death at relatively low levels of air

Question 34

what % of hydrogen sulphide concentration will kill in one breath?

Answer 34

0.1%

Question 35

what is hydrogen sulphide

Answer 35

chemical asphyxiant

Question 36

what smell is hydrogen sulphide

Answer 36

rotten egg smell
- but as concentration increases it numbs the sense of smell

Question 37

what are zoonoses

Answer 37

disease that can pass from animals to humans

Question 38

what are common zoonoses diseases?

Answer 38

-Leptopiros (bacteria)
-carried in the urine of rats and cattle

-toxoplasmosis (protoza)
- found in cat faeces and birthing material from sheep and newborn lambs

-Bovine TB
-Orf (virus)

Question 39

how is the only way a biological agent can infect a person?

Answer 39

-get into the body
-get onto the body

Question 40

what is biosafety about?

Answer 40

ensuring that biological agents are not allowed to come in contact with your body

Question 41

list the routes of infection for a biological agent?

Answer 41

▪Ingestion Of The Agent
▪ Inhalation Of The Agent
▪ Entry Via Mucosal Membranes
▪ Entry Via Damaged Skin
▪ Subcutaneous Entry
▪ Physical Contamination
▪ Transplacental

Question 42

what number of facilities occurred because of fires in 2019

Answer 42

16

Question 43

when did stardust fire happen

Answer 43

14th Feb 1981
-48 deaths

Question 44

when was the fire in Grenfell Tower

Answer 44

14th June 2017
-71 deaths

Question 45

what must every workplace prepare in relation to dealing with fires

Answer 45

Emergency Plan to deal with foreseeable emergencies