TLE 7 Agricultural Tools and Potential Hazards PDF

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Mary Help of Christians College – Salesian Sisters, Inc. BASIC EDUCATION DEPARTMENT PAASCU Level III Accredited and ESC Certified TECHNOLOGY AND LIVELIHOOD EDUCATION 7 WEEK 4 FIELDS OF SAFETY: AGRICULTURAL TOOLS AND POTENTIAL HAZARDS FORESTRY MULCHER TOOLS AND EQUIPMENT FOR LAND CLEARING A specialized machine that MACHETE grinds and shreds trees and A large knife with a broad brush into small pieces, blade used for cutting leaving cleared land behind. through thick vegetation and small branches. CLEARING SAW OR BRUSH TOOLS AND EQUIPMENT FOR LAND PREPARATION CUTTER PLOW A machine with a spinning Is a tool or machine blade used to cut down that turns over the dense grass, bushes, and soil, preparing it for small trees. planting. It breaks up the CHAINSAW ground and makes A motorized saw with a chain furrows or rows for of sharp teeth used for seeds. cutting down larger trees and HARROW thick brush. Is like a big rake with sharp metal teeth. AX Is used to smooth and level the soil, after plowing, A handheld tool with a sharp creating a better surface for planting. blade used for chopping ROTOTILLER down trees and breaking This machine has through woody vegetation. spinning blades that dig into the soil, breaking it up and making it loose and BUSH HOG ready for planting. A heavy-duty rotary cutter attached to a tractor used to It’s like a big, mow down tall grass, shrubs, and small trees. powerful garden GRUBBING HOE tiller. A hoe with a sharp, flat blade used to dog out roots, stumps, and weeds from the ground. SEED DRILL BACKHOE Is a machine that A tractor-like machine with a plants seed at the digging bucket on the back proper depth and used for excavating and spacing in the soil. removing large roots, rocks, It’s more precise and debris. than planting by hand and helps ensure even growth. BULLDOZER CULTIVATOR A powerful machine with a Is a tool or machine large blade in front used to used to loosen the push aside and level large soil and remove amounts of soil, rocks, and weeds between trees. rows of crops. It helps keep the soil healthy for plants. TRACK LOADER A vehicle with a scoop-like TRACTOR attachment used for digging, A versatile farm moving, and clearing debris vehicle for plowing, from the land. planting, cultivating, and hauling loads.  Mary Help of Christians College – Salesian Sisters, Inc. BASIC EDUCATION DEPARTMENT PAASCU Level III Accredited and ESC Certified TECHNOLOGY AND LIVELIHOOD EDUCATION 7 WEEK 4 FIELDS OF SAFETY: AGRICULTURAL TOOLS AND POTENTIAL HAZARDS HAND TOOLS SEED TRAYS Are used by farmers to prepare small areas of land Are shallow or do precise work, like digging holes for individual containers with plants. Some hand tools are as follows: compartments for a. SHOVEL – A hand tool planting seeds. with a long handle and a Are used to start flat, scoop-like metal seeds indoors or in a blade at the end. It’s controlled used for digging, lifting, environment before and moving soil, sand, or transplanting them. other materials. WATERING CAN Is a container with a spout used to pour water gently onto b. HOE – A gardening tool plants. with a long handle and a It helps provide the flat, angled blade or right amount of prongs. It’s used for water without weeding, cultivating, damaging the and breaking up the soil plants. in gardens or fields. PRUNING SHEARS Are like scissors for plants. They trim and shape plant, remove dead or overgrown c. RAKE – A hand tool with a parts, and encourage healthy growth. long handle and a series GARDEN TROWEL of flat, typically metal, A small hand tool tines (or teeth) attached with a pointed in a row. It’s used to blade. gather leaves, grass, or It’s used for digging other debris and level small holes for soil. planting and transplanting seedlings. d. PICKAXE (PICK-AXE) – Is WHEELBARROW a tool with a long handle, Is a small cart with a pointed metal head on one wheel and one side, and a flat, handles. chisel-like head n the It transports plants, other. It’s used to break soil, and other up hard or rocky soil, dig materials in a nursery holes, and remove or garden. stones. TOOLS AND EQUIPMENT FOR FERTILIZER APPLICATION e. LARGE GARDEN FORK – A Help ensure that fertilizers are evenly and effectively large garden fork, often distributed to plants. called a “fork”, is a hand FERTILIZER SPREADER tool with a long handle Is designed to and several flat, pointed distribute dry or metal tines. It’s used for granular fertilizers turning, loosening soil, over a large area digging, and lifting plants evenly. or debris in gardens or Can be push- fields. operated or NURSERY MANAGEMENT AND PLANTING TOOLS attached to a Are used to care for and cultivate young plants, often in a tractor for larger- nursery or garden setting. scale applications. PLANT POTS There are different Hold young plants as types, including they grow. broadcast They provide a safe spreaders and drop space for plants to spreaders. develop their roots.  Mary Help of Christians College – Salesian Sisters, Inc. BASIC EDUCATION DEPARTMENT PAASCU Level III Accredited and ESC Certified TECHNOLOGY AND LIVELIHOOD EDUCATION 7 WEEK 4 FIELDS OF SAFETY: AGRICULTURAL TOOLS AND POTENTIAL HAZARDS HANDHELD SPREADER ✓ Excessive vibration from tractors, A smaller, handheld chainsaws, and similar equipment. version of the ✓ Falls lead to deaths and injuries. fertilizer spreader. ✓ Asphyxiation risks in grain silos, wells, It’s suitable for and other confined spaces. smaller gardens or ✓ Solar radiation that can result in skin areas where cancers. precision is 3. BIOLOGICAL HAZARDS required. Work-related diseases and disorders Range from diseases transmitted by birds DROP SPREADER and animals to conditions like asthma and Are used to apply other lung diseases caused by biologically granular fertilizers contaminated dust. precisely. 4. ERGONOMIC HAZARDS They drop the Encompass hazards within the work fertilizer straight environment that can lead to permanent down in a injuries and disabilities. controlled pattern, For instance: making them ✓ Poorly designed machinery suitable for narrow ✓ Prolonged static working positions areas. ✓ Repetitive work HOSE-END SPRAYER ✓ Inappropriate tools used by workers Attachments ✓ Inadequate seating connect to a 5. CHEMICAL HAZARDS garden hose and Pesticides and solvents, may result in health mix liquid fertilizers hazard, including poisoning and long-term with water as you effects on both female and male spray. reproductive systems and an increased risk Are convenient for of cancers and other ailments. small gardens and 6. ENVIRONMENTAL HAZARDS lawns. The environment may become contaminated due to pesticides in spray drift, water and soil pollution, and the consumption of local crops, meat, and fish BACKPACK SPRAYER containing pesticide residues. Are worn like a OTHER HAZARDS: backpack and help 1. SLIPPERY SURFACES – Wet or muddy areas on the apply liquid farm can make people slip and fall. fertilizers, including 2. SHARP TOOLS – Tools like knives, saws, or even foliar sprays, to plows can cut or injure farm workers if not specific plants or handled carefully. areas with 3. HEAVY EQUIPMENT – Big machines like tractors precision. can be dangerous if they accidentally tip over or FERTILIZER FUNNEL run into something. Is used to pour granular fertilizers into spreaders or 4. ANIMALS – Bulls or aggressive roosters, can be applicators without spilling or wasting the fertilizer. unpredictable and may attack if not handled cautiously. UNDERSTANDING WORKPLACE DANGERS: HAZARDS 5. ELECTRICITY – If wires are damaged or electrical AND RISKS equipment isn’t maintained correctly. HAZARD – Is anything with the potential to cause 6. OVEREXERTION – Working long hours without harm. breaks or lifting heavy objects can lead to injuries or health problems. RISK – Refers to the likelihood of potential harm resulting from that hazard. Reference: Some examples of hazards are provided below: 1. MECHANICAL HAZARDS Savictores, J.D., et al. (2024). Technology and Poorly designed and inadequately guarded Livelihood Education 7 (pp. 156 – 162, 166 - 167). agricultural machinery causes fatalities and ENCAZA Publications accidents. Additionally, injuries resulting from cutting tools pose a substantial risk. 2. PHYSICAL HAZARDS Various physical hazards, including: ✓ Loud machinery and noisy working environments, such as intensive livestock houses.