Working Alone on Farms – A Guide from Work Safe Victoria
Each year many Victorians lose their lives in agricultural workplaces. Often these deaths are associated with working alone. This guide from WorkSafe Victoria will help you manage working alone on farms.
Working with Farmers with Disabilities – University of Sydney safety resource
The Mental Health and Wellbeing of farmers and farm families has been an ongoing area of research and development for the Centre.
Following the Farm Family Business project funded by the Department of Family and Community Services, the resource “Managing the Pressures of Farming” was produced and continues to be distributed widely.
Farmers’ Guidebook to Work Health and Safety
The South Australian guide covers some of the most common risks faced by farmers, such as plant and machinery and industry-specific hazards (like stockyards and hay baling). Practical safety solutions and tips for compliance are provided throughout.
Child Safety – Utes and Four Wheel Drives
Working children often learn to drive farm utes or four wheel drive (4WD) vehicles before advancing to tractors and other farm machinery.
Child Safety – Two Wheel Motorcycles
Many children on farms learn to ride two wheel motorcycles recreationally before they progress towards riding motorcycles to perform farm work.
Teaching children to ride motorbikes recreationally is strongly recommended before allowing them to ride bikes on the farm.
Water and Effluent Safety
Water and effluent are significant hazards on farms. On average, five children drown on Australian farms each year. Most are under the age of five and a third are visitors.
Child Safety – Balancing the Benefits VS Risk
Work is inherently good and rewarding for children, and farming offers many opportunities for children to develop work skills and benefit from farm life.
Parents of four ‘forever vigilant’ on Larpent dairy farm
When Thomas Billing was a baby, his dairy farmer parents Mark and Sam set up a playpen in the calf shed so they could work while their baby was nearby but safely out the way.
Energy Safe Victoria: Farm Safety Sign
Free display signs from Energy Safe Victoria for display on farm fences near overhead powerlines to remind drivers not to tip under or near powerlines.
Child Safety – Side by Side Vehicles
Side by Side Vehicles have become increasingly prominent in farming accidents across Australia.