Too much stress can make a person more accident-prone. This is why it is important to identify common stressors, recognize the symptoms of stress, and manage stress. By doing these three things, you will make the work place safer. It can occur suddenly. For example, your combine starts on fire and burns up in the middle of harvest.
Stress can build up, as one thing after another goes wrong in a single day.
It can also build up over a period of time. Farm families experience the same stress that nonfarm families face, however they have added pressures during harvest and planting seasons. No control of weather. Large debt loads. High interest rates.