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Document ID (ISN)76846
CIS number 01-740
Year 2000
Convention or series no. HSE Booklet INDG185
Author(s)
Health and Safety Executive
Title Tractor action - A step-by-step safety guide
Bibliographic information HSE Books, P.O. Box 1999, Sudbury, Suffolk CO10 2WA, United Kingdom, Dec. 2000. 26p. Illus. 8 ref.
Abstract This training guide describes safety procedures for the use of tractors and tractor-operated machinery. A number of tractor accidents are described and guidance is given on their avoidance. These include safety checks, safe stopping procedures, positioning and use of controls, awareness of other people in the immediate vicinity, safe use of power take-off shafts and protection against overturning. Replaces CIS 95-1280.
Descriptors (primary) United Kingdom; training material; mechanical hazards; tractors
Descriptors (secondary) power take-offs; overhead electric lines; training manuals; safety guides; safe working methods; safety checks; overturning
Document type C - Training manuals, audiovisual material
Country / State or ProvinceUnited Kingdom
Subject(s) Agriculture, fishing, animal husbandry
Broad subject area(s) Mechanical hazards, transport
Browse category(ies) OSH training
Road transportation