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TLE
Quarter 1 – Module 5:
Apply Safety Measures on Farm
Operations
TLE – Grade 7/8
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Quarter 1 – Module 5: Apply safety measures on farm operations
First Edition, 2020

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TLE
Quarter 1 – Module 5:
Apply Safety Measures on Farm
Operations
 What I Need to Know

This module was designed and written with you in mind. It is here to help
you master the nature of Animal Production. The scope of this module
permits it to be used in many different learning situations. The language
used recognizes the diverse vocabulary level of students. The lessons are
arranged to follow the standard sequence of the course. But the order in
which you read them can be changed to correspond with the textbook you
are now using.

The module has one lesson:

• Lesson 1 – Apply appropriate safety measures

After going through this module, you are expected to:

1. identify a work task in line with farm operations;
2. determine place and time for safety measures; and
3. prepare appropriate tools, materials, and outfits.

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 What I Know

Direction: Read each item carefully and use your notebook to write your answers.
Let us determine how much you already know about creating an
embroidered article. Take this test.
I. Enumerate your answers based on the following.

1-5 Common hazards to most farms

1-4 High-risk factors to farm

1-6 Examples of personal protective equipment (PPE)

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Lesson
Apply appropriate safety
1 measures
AREAS OF CONCERN FOR FARM SAFETY

Every farm is different, but hazards common to most farms include:

1. Animals – injuries inflicted by animals can include bites, kicks, crushing,

ramming, trampling, and transmission of certain infectious diseases such as
giardia, salmonella, ringworm, and leptospirosis.

2. Chemicals – pesticides and herbicides can cause injuries such as burns,

respiratory illness, or poisoning.

3. Confined spaces – such as silos, water tanks, milk vats, and manure pits
may contain unsafe atmospheres, which can cause poisoning or suffocation.

4. Electricity – dangers include faulty switches, cords, machinery, or

overhead power lines.

5. Heights – falls from ladders, rooftops, silos, and windmills are a major
cause of injury.

6. Machinery – hazards include tractors without roll-over protection

structures (ROPS), power take-off (PTO) shafts, chainsaws, augers,
motorbikes, and machinery with unguarded moving parts.

7. Noise pollution – noise from livestock, machinery, and guns can affect
your hearing.

8. Vehicles – crashes or falls from motorbikes, two-wheel and quad bikes,

tractors.

9. Water – drowning can occur in as little as five centimeters of water.

Dams, lakes, ponds, rivers, channels, tanks, drums, and creeks are all
hazards. Young children are particularly at risk.

10. Weather – hazards include sunburn, heatstroke, dehydration, and

hypothermia.

Health and Safety Hazards on Farms

Farmworkers—including farm families and migrant workers—are exposed to

hazards such as the following:

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■ Chemicals/ Pesticides ■ Highway traffic ■ Noise ■ Toxic gases
■ Livestock handling ■ Electricity ■ Dust ■ Grain bins
■ Slips/Trips/Falls ■ Lifting ■ Ponds ■ Manure pits
■ Machinery/ Equipment ■ Cold ■ Silos ■ Tractors
■ Sun/Heat ■ Hand tools ■Wells ■ Mud

High-Risk Factors on Farms

The following factors may increase the risk of injury or illness for
farmworkers:

• Age – Injury rates are highest among children age 15 and under and
adults over 65.

• Equipment and Machinery – Most farm accidents and fatalities

involve machinery. Proper machine guarding and doing equipment
maintenance according to manufacturer’s recommendations can help
prevent accidents.

• Protective Equipment – Using protective equipment, such as seat

belts on tractors, and personal protective equipment (such as safety
gloves, coveralls, boots, hats, aprons, goggles, and face shields) could
significantly reduce farming injuries.

• Medical Care – Hospitals and emergency medical care are typically

not readily accessible in rural areas near farms.

PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT (PPE)

The law requires that personal protective equipment be provided for use at
work and must meet an appropriate standard and must be CE marked. The
key issues are:

• Personal protective equipment (PPE)

• Respiratory protective equipment (RPE)
• Gases and vapors

Personal protective equipment (PPE) includes the following:

• coveralls
• eye protection
• footwear
• gloves
• hearing protection
• respiratory protective equipment (RPE)
• safety helmets
• wet weather clothing

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 Personal Protective Equipment

***Your health and

safety and that of your
workers can depend on
it.

When selecting PPE, remember the following:

• You need to consider and introduce other means of protection first.

Provide PPE only a last resort after taking all other reasonably
practicable measures.

• Engineering controls provide long-term solutions and are often

cheaper than providing, replacing, maintaining, and storing PPE.

• Controls at source protect all workers in the area, while PPE only
protects the wearer.

• It is essential to involve your workers in the selection process, as

they often have detailed knowledge of the way things work or the way
they do tasks, which can help you.

Note: *Also make sure that PPE: CE mark

• is effective and gives adequate protection against the hazards in the

workplace.

• is suitable and matches the wearer, the task, and the working
environment, so it does not get in the way of the job being done or
cause any discomfort.

• does not introduce any additional risks, eg limits visibility;

• is CE marked to confirm that it has been made to an appropriate

standard.

• is compatible with any other PPE that must be worn. Safety

spectacles may interfere with the fit of some respirators.

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Respiratory protective equipment (RPE)
Suitable RPE can be used to protect against two broad types of substance:
• dust
• fibers
• mists
• fumes
• micro-organisms (bioaerosols)
• gases and vapors
Respirators come in various forms including disposable half-mask
respirators, full-face mask respirators with filters, or powered respirators.

A well-fitting and well-fitted disposable respirator conforming to BS EN

149:2001 will protect against dust, fibers, etc. A powered helmet to BS EN
12941:1999 with the correct filter may be more appropriate in many work
situations if a disposable respirator is unsuitable, e.g. for people with
beards.

RPE with a high level of protection is necessary for very dusty jobs or
where there is a high risk of occupational asthma or farmer‘s lung, e.g.
cleaning grain stores or poultry houses.

Face-fit testing (as described in HSG53) must be done for all

respirators that rely on a good face seal to be effective, i.e. disposable, half-
and full-face masks. This ensures the respirator can fit properly, but the fit
still needs to be checked before each use. If in doubt, ask advice from a
reputable supplier or manufacturer.

Gases and Vapors

This website cannot give accurate guidance to allow you to select
protection against gases and vapors. You need to get information about:
• the substances present;
• the work to be done;
• the environmental conditions;
• how long the respirator is to be worn; and
• and then seek advice from a competent supplier or
manufacturer.
This is because, among other reasons, gas and vapor filters rely on
adsorbing the contaminant and different adsorbents (and filters) are used for
different gases. It is also difficult to know when filters need changing – when
the absorbent is saturated, the gas will pass through the filter.

Respirators relying on filtration for their efficiency should never be

used to protect in oxygen-deficient atmospheres.

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 BASIC FIRST AID IN FARM OPERATION

First aid is an important part of our

preparedness planning. Of course, we rely
on medical professionals, but we also know
how to handle basic first aid in an
emergency too. We feel it's important to be
able to respond to immediate crises a.s.a.p.
since it can make the difference between
life and death.

We keep multiple first aid kits. We

have our main supplies in one central
location in our house. However, we also
maintain some first-aid supplies in our
cars and a portable kit in our evacuation supplies.

Our portable kits are customized for our needs, and have a bit more
than the most low-cost prepackaged kits you'll find in stores:

• Acetaminophen
• Adhesive bandages
• Adhesive tape
• Alcohol prep pads
• Alcohol-based hand sanitizing gel
• Antibiotic ointment
• Assorted adhesive bandages
• Chemical heat packs
• Elastic bandages, 3-inch-wide
• Gauze bandage, 3-inch roll
• Ibuprofen
• Non-latex disposable gloves
• Oral antihistamine
• Over-the-counter diarrhea medication
• Self-adhesive bandage, 2-inch roll
• Soap
• Sterile gauze pads, 3-x-3-inch k
• Sterile gauze pads, 4-x-4-inch
• Sunscreen

BASIC FIRST AID PROCEDURES

A. Injury Treatment

1. Nose bleeds- pinch nose and tilt head forward.

2. Animal bites -wash wound, identify the animal, and report the bite.
3. Serious falls- do not move the victim; call the emergency hotline
4. Severe wounds- have the victim sit or lie down, apply direct

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 pressure to stop the bleeding, Call Emergency Hotline.
5. Small wounds- wash the wound, apply dressing and bandage
6. Bruises- apply a cold compress.

B. Burns

1. 1st and 2nd degree: Put burn in cold water, pat dry and cover with
a clean bandage. Do not break blisters
a. A 1st-degree burn is red, sore, and covers a small area.
b. A 2nd-degree burn is blistered and painful.

2. 3rd degree: Do not put water on an open wound, do not remove

burned on clothing. Cover the burn lightly and get medical help!
a. A 3rd-degree burn causes the skin to be white or charred and
there is a loss of skin layers.

What’s In

What is the size of your pig pen if you want to raise four pigs which will
accommodate them until they reach the marketable weight of 90 kgs.?

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 What’s New

Direction: Observe your poultry house, piggery, or farm. List down some
possible dangers or emergencies that you may encounter as an animal
raiser or a farmer or based on your experience in your previous lesson, list
down some possible dangers. Give some safety precautions to avoid
accidents on the identified emergencies. Use the table below for your
answer.

Possible dangers Safety practices to

avoid accidents

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 What is It

To use the equipment effectively, workers need suitable information,

instruction, and training. Make sure all equipment is checked before use
and cleaned, maintained, and stored by the manufacturer ‘s instructions.

Remember that employers are not permitted to charge their employees

for personal protective equipment provided for use only at work.

What is more, we realize that in a major disaster, emergency services

may be overloaded. For instance, in a major weather event (snowstorm,
hurricane, etc.) the authorities may be occupied are centralized care centers,
so help at our home may be unavailable, or long in coming.

Therefore, we have realized that we must have both first aid supplies
and the skills/knowledge to use them.

What’s More

Answer the following questions briefly. Write your answer in your notebook.
1. What are the possible emergencies in the farm?
2. How do you react in case of chemical spills or a fire in a farm shed?
3. How do you minimize the risk of personal injury or property
damage in the event of an emergency?

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 What I Have Learned

Using the chart below, identify the possible treatment for the following
injuries:

1. Injury: Burns 2. Injury: Falls

Treatment: Treatment:
____________________________________ ____________________________________
____________________________________ ____________________________________
_______________________________. _______________________________.

3. Injury: Nose Bleeding 4. Injury: Small Wounds

Treatment: Treatment:
____________________________________ ____________________________________
____________________________________ ____________________________________
_______________________________. _______________________________.

5. Injury: Bruises 6. Injury: Animal bite

Treatment: Treatment:
____________________________________ ____________________________________
____________________________________ ____________________________________
_______________________________. _______________________________.

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 What I Can Do

Direction: Using a recycled cloth (example old socks), make a face

mask or face shield as PPE to be used during this pandemic. Take
pictures/videos during the making of the project and let your parent submit
your output/pictures/videos to your teacher.

Find out by accomplishing the Scoring Rubric honestly and sincerely.

Remember it is your learning at stake!

CRITERIA 5 points 3 points 1 point

1. Accuracy The output The output is The output
is almost has many
accurately accurately errors.
done. done.
2. Craftsmanship/Quality The output It is good but It is very
is very still needs crude and
good. improvement needs much
. improvement.
3. Originality Design is Design is Design is very
very unique and common and
unique, indigenous. it is not
innovative, indigenous.
and
indigenous
.
4. Functionality It is very It is It is not at all
functional. functional. functional.

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 Assessment

Directions: Answer the following questions briefly.

1. What is a hazard?

2. Give at least 3 examples of common farm hazards and explain how

a particular hazard affects the farmers? Follow the chart below.

3. How can farmers protect themselves from these hazards?

4. Enumerate the different hazards in farm operations.

Common Form of Hazards How The Hazard Affects Farmers

1.
2.
3.

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 Additional Activities

1. Making a First Aid Kit

Direction: Using recycled or indigenous materials at home, make a
portable first aid kit for the family. Take a picture and let your parent
submit the output/pictures to your teacher.
You will be rated based on the following criteria:
5 pts (A) 4 pts (B) 3pts (C) or less
First Aid All items on the list The kit is missing The kit is
Items are present one or two items missing more
than two items
Representatio Items are actual Items are Items in kit look
n of Items items listed or are represented and nothing like
paper cutouts that unmistakable, but items in real life
look like those and lack labels or could
include labels be confused with a
different item
Appearance Appearance is The effort went into The minimal
professional, neat appearance, but effort put into
and appealing more could be done the appearance
Effort The student cared The student put The minimal
about making this effort into the effort put into
project presentable project but more the project as a
could have been whole
done
Timeliness The project was The project was a The project was
handed in on time day late (without a two or more days
cleared excuse) late

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 Answer Key

6. safety helmet

5. hearing protection

4. gloves

3. footwear

2. eye protection

1. Coveralls

1-6

4. Medical Care

3. Protective Equipment

2. Equipment and Machinery

1. Age

1-4

5. Water

4. Machinery

3. Electricity

2. Chemicals

1. Animals

1-5
What I Know

What I have learned

1. Injury: Burns [Link]: Falls [Link]: Nose Bleeding

Treatment: Put burn in Treatment: Do not move Treatment: Pinch nose

cold water, pat dry, and the victim; call the and tilt head forward.
cover with emergency hotline.
a clean bandage. Do not
break blisters.

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[Link]: Small Wounds [Link]: Bruises [Link]: Animal bite

Treatment: Wash the Treatment: Apply a cold Treatment: Wash wound,

wound, apply a dressing, compress. identify the animal, and
and bandage. report the bite.

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References
1. [Link]
NTENTS/Poultry%[Link]
2. CBLM Horticulture
3. Dr. Rojo, Luz V., [Link] Effective Technology and Home Economics I & II
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