Safety checklists are a fundamental part of your farm’s safety and compliance. Checklists are known for assisting with repetitive tasks, ensuring we move quickly and smoothly through a process. Generally, safety checklists are written, defining how to complete a task with minimal risk.
Whether you are using a checklist for a piece of farm machinery maintenance, a safe operating procedure or worker induction, checklists are created to make things safer and here we are going to address the reason why.
What is a safety checklist?
One of the simplest safety management tools, an agricultural safety checklist encourages best practice, and while they might be viewed as tedious and repetitive, they can remind us to not cut corners. Often safety checklists are used as part of your inspection process, they assist in identifying potential hazards and making recommendations specific to your farm.
Safety checklists make us reconsider our actions and at the end of day, might just save a life.