Best practices for animal handling and stunning
Dr. Temple Grandin identifies a list of best practices in animal handling and stunning.

MSD Job Title/Task:Shiftwork
Topic:Design - Tools Manual Materials Handling
Document Type:Researched Best PracticeYear:2000
Source:Dr. Temple GrandinView Source Details
Location: Ontario

Farmwise: your essential guide to health and safety in agriculture
This guidebook provides an overview on all types of health and safety issues in agriculture. Specifically, It contains sections which focus on health a safety concerns involving noise and vibration, as well as manual handling and musculoskeletal problems.

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Topic:Back Care Design - Tools Design - Workstation Manual Materials Handling Vibration MSD Prevention
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Source:HSEView Source Details
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Simple Solutions: Ergonomics for Farm Workers
This booklet contains several tip sheets covering a variety of tasks farm workers carry out. Each tip sheet provides information on the hazards involved with each task and solutions on how to reduce these hazards as well as the cost for each intervention.

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Topic:MSD Prevention
Document Type:Year:2001
Source:NIOSHView Source Details
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Health hazards from whole body vibration caused by mobile agricultural machinery
This Fact sheet provides information on the musculoskeletal hazards associated with whole body vibrations and agricultural machinery. Controls such as carrying out proper maintenance, checking the suspension, and making full use of seat adjustments are highlighted in this article.

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Topic:Vibration
Document Type:Year:2004
Source:HSEView Source Details
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A Strap-on Stool for Field Work
This factsheet takes a look at a strap-on stool that is designed to reduce stooping for workers working in the field. This device allows workers to sit while working on fields instead of standing.

MSD Job Title/Task:
Topic:Design - Workstation
Document Type:Year:2001
Source:University of Wisconsin: Healthy FarmersView Source Details
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Manual handling solutions for farms
This leaflet takes a look at several manual handling tasks that farmers carry out such as handling spare and dual tractor wheels, handling bagged products, lifting chemical and oil containers, handling and casting sheep, sheep shearing, and bale handling. It highlights the hazards associated with these tasks as well as solutions to the hazards presented.

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Topic:Manual Materials Handling
Document Type:Year:2006
Source:HSEView Source Details
Location:

Test by Luisa
Everything you need to know about preventing MSD

MSD Job Title/Task:Agriculture - General Landscaping
Topic:MSD Prevention Manual Materials Handling
Document Type:BookletYear:2007
Source:WSIBView Source Details
Location: Ontario

MSI Prevention Bulletin 6: Tree Planting
This Bulletin focuses on specific tasks associated with tree planting which put tree planters at a high risk of suffering musculoskeletal disorders. It provides MSD hazards and solutions for tasks such as digging with a shovel, carrying seed bags, planting seeds, and reaching into the seed bags.

MSD Job Title/Task:Tree Planting
Topic:Manual Materials Handling Design - Tools
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Source:WorkSafeBC / Workers Compensation Board of British ColumbiaView Source Details
Location: British Columbia