AGRICULTURAL TRACTOR AND MACHINERY SAFETY

TRAINING PROGRAMCHAPTER 2

REGULATIONS

Why do we have regulations?

– to protect individuals and set standards for everyone to follow.

What are some regulations we deal with every day?

- Attending school - Driving an automobile - The ownership of firearms - The purchase of controlled substances

such as tobacco and alcohol

QUESTIONS?

Why does an individual have to be 21 years of age to purchase alcoholic beverages?

What would be the results if anybody could buy alcoholic beverages?

QUESTION?

Why does the government have regulations allowing only individuals 21 years of age and older to purchase alcoholic beverages?

Because statistics have shown that individuals under 21 years of age are more prone to be involved in an accident from drinking alcohol than individuals 21 years of age and older.

REGULATIONS

Federal regulations set the minimum standards that states must follow.

State regulations are established according to the federal regulations and will be equal to or more strict than the federal regulations.

Areas of most concern in the federal and state regulations are:

Hazardous occupations - this section gives, in detail, all jobs considered hazardous to agricultural employment.

Exemptions to hazardous occupations - this section explains the criteria that must be completed in order to be exempt from various hazardous occupations listed.

Minimum age for employment

in agricultural occupations according to the Child Labor Requirements in Agriculture Under the Fair Labor Standards Act is: – 16 years of age (during school hours) in any

agricultural occupation declared hazardous by the Secretary of Labor; or

– 14 years of age (outside school hours) in any occupation not declared hazardous by the Secretary of Labor.

School Hours

are the hours set for the school district in which a minor is living while employed in agriculture. For most students the school district is the county or city which they live in.

Hazardous Occupations in Agriculture

as declared by the Child Labor Requirements in Agriculture Under the Fair Labor Standards Act that may be exempt upon completion of all requirements of an approved safety training program are:

Hazardous Occupations Operating a tractor of over 20 PTO horsepower

including connecting or disconnecting an implement or any of its parts to or from such a tractor.

Operating or assisting in the operation of any of the following machines:

corn picker, cotton picker, grain combine, hay mower, forage harvester, hay baler, potato digger, or mobile pea viner;

Hazardous Occupations cont:

feed grinder, crop dryer, forage blower, auger conveyer, or the unloading mechanism of a nongravity-type self-unloading wagon or trailer; or

power post-hole digger, power post driver, or non walking-type rotary tiller.

Including starting, stopping, adjusting, feeding or any other activity involving physical contact associated with the operation.

Requirements for Exemption/certification are:

Successfully completing an approved safety training program,

Maintaining documentation of completing all safety training, and

Receiving equipment specific training on the job.