Farmers work in the elements. With large animals. With chemicals. With heavy machinery. At heights. In confined spaces. With heavy loads. Alone. Sometimes Fatigued. And in isolation.
We have the right information to support your unique farming workplace to become safer.
This publication is intended to be used in conjunction with a process of risk assessment and the development and implementation of action plans by agricultural businesses to potentially reduce incidents of workplace injury.
Tourello farmers Steve and Ruth Kinnersly believe the COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted how lucky their children are to live on a property with so much space and freedom, but they are aware this luxury comes with associated risks.
How to identify, manage, reduce or eliminate the risks of Q fever transmission in high-risk jobs, workplaces and industries.
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.
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.
Farms are exciting places for children to live, grow, explore and visit. However they can also provide unique environments and injury hazards.
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.
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.
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.