Safety alerts are issued to provide background information and contributing factors which have contributed to an incident. These alerts also suggest practical measures which can be put in place to reduce the risk.
Listed below are the safety alerts relevant to the agricultural industry.
Airborne contaminants
- How to identify airborne contaminant hazards on farms: Information sheet
- How to identify airborne contaminant hazards on farms: Case study
- How to identify airborne contaminant hazards on farms: Checklist
Checklist
Health and safety bulletins
- Health and Safety Bulletin No. 8 Mobile cranes contacting live overhead power lines
- Health and Safety Bulletin No. 17 Falls through fragile roofs and roof openings
- Health and Safety Bulletin No.21 Assessing the risks when riding horses
- Health and Safety Bulletin No.22 Working under vehicles and mobile plant
- Health and Safety Bulletin No. 25 Safe handling and application of metham sodium
Health and safety snapshot
Significant incident summary
- Significant Incident Summary No. 5 Farm worker entangled in rotating machinery: fatal incident
- Significant Incident Summary No. 7 Working safely around agricultural equipment: Hobbs Hoist fatal incident
- Significant Incident Summary No. 9 Skid steer loader crush incident
- Significant Incident Summary No. 11 All-terrain elevating work platform (EWP) incident