COSHH essentials for farmers

Opening hay, haylage and silage bales

COSHH essentials: Agriculture

• AG6 - Opening hay, haylage and silage bales [PDF 70kb]

Also see:

• R2 - RPE, UK Standard Assigned Protection Factor 10 (APF 10) [PDF 50kb]
• G402 - Health surveillance for occupational asthma [PDF 30kb]
• AG0 - Advice for managers [PDF 65kb]

You may also need information on straw chopping and blowing (AG9), see the panel to the right.

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