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The nature of agriculture creates a number of areas of workplace activities that may be inherently more risky than similar activities conducted in an office or factory environment.
Working hours
The number of hours someone works on one farm is typically considerably greater than the hours generated by someone working elsewhere. The nature of the work means that it must be performed with a speed and intensity that extends over many hours. It is not uncommon for people who work on a farm to spend between 60 and 80 hours a week working. If someone also owns a farm, they will see this not so much as a job but also as an investment in their family life.
Management
On a farm, there is no traditional division between administration and labor that normally exists in a company. This means that there is often no clear management focus on issues affecting health and safety, and there is more tendency to blur the lines, which can result in a higher risk factor, which needs to be managed. for all operations.
Rhythm and routine of work.
With most jobs, there is some degree of stability in terms of some sort of routine and steady pace of work, although this can often be interrupted by extremely busy periods. Farm work is quite different in that very often there is no routine at all and the pace can vary from very slow to very fast.
The routine on a farm will vary depending on the season, the work that needs to be done, the weather, and the number of staff available to work. Many farms employ seasonal workers, often for specific types of jobs like harvesting grapes or picking corn. Much of the work is only done at certain times of the year, often only once or twice a year.
This means that people who work on a farm full time do not accumulate the different levels of experience they need and would normally get other types of work.
Both the pace and routine of work can create a degree of uncertainty and instability that is manageable from a work standpoint, but by its very nature makes the job more dangerous and increases the risk of injury. and harm people.
Training
Farming doesn’t really have any formal training as such, most of the learning is done on the job. This was true for many industries until very recently, but for many of them this has changed considerably in recent times, and training is now seen as something to be provided formally, outside the day-to-day nature of the job. .
This means that formal training in areas such as safety, fire prevention, manual operation, and the like takes place in a classroom setting and is typically supported by a series of policies and procedures.
Agriculture does not do this. There may be people working in the agricultural industry who have college degrees in different aspects of agriculture and horticulture, but other than that there will be little formal training. This means that there is little structural context for health and safety and risk management, and it is left to individual farms and farm owners to ensure that best practices are carried out in the workplace.
Technology
Technology is rapidly changing the way farming happens, from the advent of driverless tractors, to the use of drones, targeted weather forecasts, and all kinds of robotic feeding of animals. This use of technology brings with it additional risks, both in terms of the use of the technology itself and the law of unintended consequences. While the technology is being embraced by many people, and it can certainly make a big difference to the nature of agriculture, there is also a need for it to be managed in a business context, have a proper risk assessment of its benefits and risks, and how its misuse could be seriously harmful.
It’s really important with all types of technology, as with a lot of farm and farm machinery, that the people using it have an age-appropriate skill level and, where possible, receive formal training, possibly in line, to make sure they use it safely and appropriately.