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A telescopic handler doing yard work, grain handling and trailer loading in the same day, on ground that is rarely flat, is the backbone of most farm operations. PHW assesses operators on the employer's own machine, on their own ground.
In your own terms, not a generic hazard list.
Farm yards, fields and grain stores rarely offer the flat, prepared surface a warehouse does, which changes the stability and load-handling risk for both telescopic handlers and rough terrain forklifts.
Chainsaws, strimmers, and vibrating hand tools used across a working week build up a cumulative vibration exposure that needs monitoring and control, the same as any workshop trade.
Grain stores, silos and farm building roofs all carry a fall risk that needs planning before anyone goes up, not after.
Feed bags, tools and equipment moved by hand remain a steady source of injury alongside the machinery risks.
Named, not paraphrased into a claim.
PUWER 1998 regulation 9 places the duty to train and assess plant and forklift operator competence on the employer, with the Approved Code of Practice L117 setting out the training model.
The Control of Vibration at Work Regulations 2005 set exposure action and limit values for hand-arm vibration.
The Work at Height Regulations 2005 apply to grain stores, silos and farm building roof work.
The Manual Handling Operations Regulations 1992 cover feed, tools and equipment moved by hand.
The employer still authorises each operator or member of staff in writing; PHW's certificates, records and packs are the evidence the employer relies on for that decision, not a substitute for it.
The machines and packs that fit this trade.
The evidence trail a site, a licensing officer or an insurer can check.
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