It’s Farm Safety week 2017
20/7/2017
Agriculture employs less than three percent of Australia’s total workforce, but accounts for 23 percent of all workplace fatalities.
Farm Safety Week kicks off today, a nationwide initiative designed to highlight practical steps farmers can take to improve work health and safety on farms.
Farm Safety Week 2017 runs from July 17 - 24 and is nationwide program dedicated to raising awareness of farm safety and highlighting practical steps farmers can take to improve worker health and general safety on farms.
Of particular focus this year is vehicular accidents.
115 people have lost their lives on quad bikes in Australia since 2011, and almost two-thirds of those have occurred on farms.
Of the nine quad bike fatalities that have occurred this year already, over half involved rollovers, and two were children (aged 16 and under).
National Farm Safety Week is an important opportunity to start a conversation in the farming sector and in regional communities.
Read a great article on the State of Farm Safety in 2017 at the Beef Central website
