Meet manufacturer safety specialists, ask about trade show specials and visit the many trade booths. This program is free for all Manitoba farmers and farm employees.

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A brief, two-page bulletin describing the minimum safety requirements when working near overhead powerlines, and the steps to take if contact is made with an overhead power line.

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A brief, two-page bulletin highlighting dangers of blind spots when operating motor vehicles and the points to consider when conducting a pre-job risk assessment.

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The Canadian Agricultural Safety Association's comprehensive list of Farm Safety Checklists from across Canada.

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This resource is a way of enabling farm families to understand stress, its impact, and learn skills to help balance stress when farming in difficult times.

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This manual was developed as a result of a grant from the Research and Workplace Innovation Program (RWIP) at WCB. It is designed to help you establish occupational exposure limits in your workplace. For more information on this topic, visit the Adjusting TLVS website. For more information on the RWIP program, please contact the WCB.

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Children cannot recognize farm hazards on their own. They must be taught how to recognize farm dangers and how to avoid them.

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The Manitoba government is working with health-care providers and organizations such as regional health authorities across the province to watch for and care for people with symptoms of flu-like illness such as fever, cough, tiredness and aches. Here are some tips and resources to help you protect yourself and others.

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Keystone Agricultural Producers is Manitoba’s largest general farm policy organization, representing over 7,000 farm families and 22 commodity groups throughout the province. Their strength is their democratic structure, and their mission is to represent and promote the interests of the province’s farm families.

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When the temperature rises, so does a worker's chances of suffering heat stress. These tips aim to help keep outdoor workers safe during the hot summer months.

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Slips, trips and falls are among the highest causes of injury and incident in Manitoba workplaces. Across the province, approximately 2,800 workers are hurt in fall-related incidents each year.

One of the most important elements of a workplace safety and health program is an effective system to identify and control hazards. Implementing this system at your workplace will help to safeguard employees against slip, trip and fall-related injuries and reduce the occurrence of time-loss injuries.

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Practising SAFE work procedures are vital to preventing injury. SAFE work procedures should always be accompanied with proper training. If you have questions about the safe work procedures or practices used in your workplace, don’t be afraid to speak up and ask questions. Remember, workplace injuries are preventable.

This fact sheet helps you stay SAFE when using pneumatic nailers and staplers.

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Some new and used agricultural tractors equipped with roll over protective structures (ROPS) are being offered for sale in Manitoba without verifiable manufacturer’s standards that the ROPS has been designed to protect the operator in the event the equipment overturns.

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The following safety and health check list is intended to assist you in your daily farm operations. The check list is general in nature and is not intended to cover safe work practices for every possible physical hazard, especially those associated with specialized farming operations.

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Bio-security protocols offer the livestock industries an increased level of food safety and production stability. Many of the practices outlined in bio-security protocols also, protect worker health.  It is important that anyone entering into or working at a livestock facility understand the need for following additional precautions, to protect their own health as well as that of others which the worker may come into contact with after leaving the barn.

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