Risk Control Plans – advice from Work Safe Victoria
Q Fever Prevention – a guide from Work Safe Victoria
How to identify, manage, reduce or eliminate the risks of Q fever transmission in high-risk jobs, workplaces and industries.
Managing the Pressures of Farming – an ACHS resource
Farmers have put this manual together with the help of researchers, rural counsellors and health workers as part of the Farm Family Business Project. It is based on information that farmers in north-west NSW have provided about the impact of common pressures they face in their farm family businesses.
Farm Machinery Guarding – A Practical Guide
This document will be useful even if you have no current knowledge of either health and safety risk management or guarding requirements. It talks about machinery guarding and your legal responsibilities.
Pig Handling – a Work Safe QLD resource
Pigs can cause serious injury if not handled properly. Learn about the risks involved in pig handling and how to keep yourself and others safe.
A Parent’s Guide to Kidsafe Farms
Farms are exciting places for children to live, grow, explore and visit. However they can also provide unique environments and injury hazards.
The Impact of Childhood Injuries on Farms
For children and families on farms there are positive lessons to be learned and positive actions to be taken, to prevent injuries today and in the future.
Incident Animation – Hazardous Gas – an animation from SafeWork NSW
An excellent animation from SafeWork NSW that shows a tragic incident that occurred when workers were exposed to hazardous gas in a confined space. The animation highlights what went wrong, what could have been done to prevent the incident occurring and what you can do to stay safe when working in or near a confined space.
Hay Bales – a resource from AFIA
There are seven key areas of risk in working with hay. By recognising these risks it is easier to prevent accidents occurring on your farm.
Guarding Grain Augers – advice from ACAHS
The National Farm Injury Data Centre has found that there is, on average, 1 death and 16 workers’ compensation claims per year involving grain augers. There will be many more injuries, as most day‐to‐day work on farms is undertaken by self employed farmers and their families and injuries to these will not be included in the official workers compensation figures.