Farm safety specialists are encouraging dairies to create a safe workplace culture on the farm.
Mary Bauer works for the Occupational Safety and Health Administration investigating farm compliance and providing resources for farms to create a safer work environment. She tells Brownfield there are specific farm accidents that need to be reported to OSHA.
“Any accident that had resulted in a hospitalization, amputation, or loss of an eye, and of course any workplace fatality needs to be reported to OSHA, actually physically call us.”
Injury and illnesses on farms with 11 or more employees also need to be recorded by farmers.
Continue reading OSHA working to create safer dairies at Brownfield Ag News.
