Farmsafe Australia

Call for quad bike safety in Australian farms

Reported by Haydee | 15 Jul, 2013

Photo: SafetyCulture Library Farmsafe Australia is calling on quad bike manufacturers to take some action as number of deaths from quad bike accidents increases. Farmsafe Australia chair, Charles Armstrong told ABC News that safety is important and should be a major part of business. He said it will “reduce risks to those that work and …

Worker seriously injured in cotton accident

Reported by Haydee | 21 Apr, 2012

A worker was seriously injured by a piece of machinery in a cotton field at Walgett in Northwest New South Wales this week. ABC News reports that harvest has started in NSW and Queensland, and workers were under pressure to get the bumper crop picked and processed. According to Farmsafe Australia executive officer John Temperley, …