They can then identify hazards on their particular farm and begin to take action to make it a safer place to work and live. Their action plans might include eliminating hazards, making safety modifications to the work site, or changing their beha ior to work safely around known hazards. The checklist is designed to be self-administered by farm family members. Components found on the farm are separated into eight different blocks with five questions in each block. Given that each farm and family is different, it is up to the family what sections of the activity are important for them to complete.
Space is provided on each page to rite down an action plan to correct unsafe situations.
It may be possible for a family to come up with unique solutions for child safety on the farm that do not conflict with their particular cultural values. This education-based farm safety activity is one method of providing prevention programming. With this type of self-education, we can further our goal toward reducing the number of agricultural injuries and fatalities.