Safety
Deaths prompt call for relook at quad bikes
Safer Farms pleads for ‘fit-for-purpose farm vehicles' after three quad bike deaths in the past week.
Agri think tank on how to thrive on farm
Safer Farms will explore ways to protect farm workers from psychosocial harm.
‘Video game’ app tests driver fatigue
Trucking firms are trialling an app designed to measure alertness in drivers.
Taking responsibility for safety on farm
Campaign brings a new attitude and a new language to health and safety.
New tech to deter rural mailbox thieves
Surge in parcels being stolen from rural households’ letterboxes prompts response.
Drawing a line under preventable injuries
The resources to improve on-farm safety are there, Lindy Nelson says, ‘and we need the willingness to change to be there’.
Prepare for wildfire as risky season nears
Fire and Emergency shares hot tips for how to prevent and survive fires.
Push to design harm out of farming system
Sector is re-thinking how it approaches health and safety, says Safer Farms chair.
‘Half-Arsed’ campaign tackles on-farm injuries
Cheeky new health and safety campaign to address sometimes fatal conditions on NZ farms.
Agri injuries approach $100m in ACC claims
The figure, which includes new and existing claims, has risen by about $14 million in the past five years.
Dairy farm staff canvassed on milk-shed safety
Researcher wants to know how safe workers feel in a sometimes risky environment.
Farm deaths demand urgent attention, expert says
Far too many people – many of them boys – are dying on our farms, says injury prevention researcher.
It could happen to you, warns WorkSafe NZ
Occupational safety body concerned about high toll on farms so far this year.
Stopping crime at the farmgate
Rural crime has always been a headache for farmers but an innovative new system aims to give them peace of mind.
Feds want army called in ‘to restore order’ in rural NZ
Perception that crime is spiking disputed by police, however.
New top cop ready to walk the rural beat
Inspector Karen Ellis has been appointed in terms of a new police strategy to address rural policing needs.
Farmers ‘soft targets’ as rural crime spikes
The increase has prompted Feds to launch another joint rural crime survey with police in March and April, just two years after the previous one.
Safety caution as farm accidents claim 4
Weather, staffing challenges suspected as WorkSafe probes causes.
NZ’s high melanoma death rates ‘no surprise’
NEW research showing that New Zealand has the highest death rate of melanoma in the world is of little surprise, a health researcher says.
Crush protection device could save your life
THE thought of phoning a worker’s family about a serious farm accident is always in the back of farmer Andrew Hurst’s mind.
Contractor safety a growing concern
Rural contractors are warning that the lack of experienced staff and the massive volume of work being pushed on them this spring could lead to fatal consequences.