Besides the physical hazards, safety on a farm includes how people are treated, how they feel about one another and the work, how conflicts are peacefully resolved, knowing your rights, and organizing work so that no suffers from repetitive motion injuries by working too long at any one activity. Either as a worker or as a manager you need to be aware of physical hazards, know how to assess risks and learn how to plan to minimize dangers so that your farm will be a safe place for workers, visitors and volunteers.
A comprehensive farm health and safety program is well worth the time investment. You can focus on prevention with this introduction to developing a prograrm for your farm from the Agricultural Justice Project, which includes a list of topics to consider for a safety audit:
Designing for Health and Safety on the Farm (PDF) — October 2023
For a more in-depth examination of how implement a health and safety program, the AJP Toolkit offers procedures for writing SOPs and a planning template for a farm safety plan.