Abstract
Accidents in weeding work sometimes occur seriously by using the power grass cutter on paddy field in a steep sloping area. In the present paper, we examined danger in weeding work and the farmer's measures.We indicated the necessity to set berm at the levee slope and proposed the form and the arrangement of levee slope for safe and efficient weeding work.
Results and considerations are as follows:
1) The safety and efficiency in weeding work has been desired by farmers, however, safety measure was not fully established.Some farmers take the measure to set a step on the levee slope.
2) To make gentle sloping and to set berm have been desired for the design of levee slope. However, its design has not much been taken practical use because of increasing unusable land.
3) To set berm is very important for safe and efficient weeding work, so, we proposed the berm form reducing unusable land, and devised to set berm form both at the middle of the slope and slope toe.
