CHECKING IN FOR SPRING Health and safety is a crucial part of any business or home life. As we get comfortable with our day-to-day jobs, we can get complacent when keeping ourselves and our families healthy and safe, which can lead to disastrous consequences. Farmlands’ Card Partners are experts in their field and take the wellbeing of their customers seriously. To enable you to make the most of your spring season, several of Farmlands’ Partners have put together their top tips to ensure your on and off-farm crew stay as safe as possible. Don’t let the rush of spring catch you off guard. Make sure you have your health and safety practices sorted to give yourself, your family and your business the best chance for success.
Check your skin with MoleMap MoleMap are skin cancer detection specialists and have a proven skin-mapping system for identifying early signs of the disease. You can check your own skin for early signs of melanoma by following the ABCDE rule. • Asymmetry – Check that the shape of one half of the mole does not match the other. • Border – Check if the edges are ragged or irregular. • Colour – Check if the colour is uneven. • Diameter – Check if the size changes or increases. • Evolving – Look for new moles or change in existing moles. For more tips on checking for melanoma, go to www.molemap.co.nz/melanoma/how-to-identify
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Check your tyres with Bridgestone Bridgestone has a global reputation as the tyre industry market leader and has developed a simple test for you to find out whether the tyre tread on your on and offfarm vehicles will be up to spring conditions. To measure your tyre’s tread depth, place a 20c coin in one of the central circumferential grooves of your tyre. If you can see the whole of the number 20, that indicates your tyre has 2mm or less tread left. If you’re hitting this mark, it is time to think about investing in some new tyres to make sure you stay safe while driving.
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