Agriculture - WorkSafe

Farming

Farming: Safety basics
15 minute farm safety check
Beef cattle handling: A practical safety guide
Dairy safety: A practical safety guide
Health and safety in shearing
Falling hay bales – A health and safety solution
Q fever prevention
Separation of cattle and people while loading cattle at sale yards (In-fill on ramp walls) – A health and safety solution
Spraying pesticides: Risk assessment tool for employers
Moving hay bales safely: A health and safety solution

Quad bikes and tractors

Quad bikes
Quad bike safety app
Quad bikes risk assessment tool
External link
Quad bikes on farms: A handbook for workplaces
Quad bikes – Reducing the risks
Quad bikes – Operators wearing helmets: A health and safety solution
Quad bikes – Attachments, loads and towing: A health and safety solution
Apply for a quad bike safety rebate
Tractor-driven post hole diggers – Entanglement: A health and safety solution
Tractor power take off guarding: A health and safety solution
Tractor rollover protection structures (ROPS) - Requirements
Safe use of tractors with attachments: A handbook for workplaces

Forestry

Fatigue management guidelines for the forestry industry
Safety in forestry operations: Harvesting and haulage

Information for every workplace

Goulburn Valley Safety Group breakfast
Event
19 Oct 2018
Melbourne Health and Safety Representative (HSR) conference
Event
30 Oct 2018
Mental Health Improvement Fund round 1 recipients
Melbourne Health and Safety Month
Event
31 Oct 2018
WEstjustice Workplace Safety Community information session
Event
26 Oct 2018
Bairnsdale Health and Safety Month
Event
25 Oct 2018
Albury Wodonga Health and Safety Month
Event
25 Oct 2018
Morwell Health and Safety Month
Event
24 Oct 2018
Cardinia small business breakfast
Event
23 Oct 2018
Shepparton Health and Safety Month
Event
19 Oct 2018
WorkSafe Awards 2018 dinner
Event
18 Oct 2018
Wangaratta Health and Safety Month
Event
18 Oct 2018
Echuca Health and Safety Month
Event
18 Oct 2018
Maribyrnong Small business breakfast
Event
17 Oct 2018
Swan Hill Health and Safety Month
Event
17 Oct 2018
Mildura Health and Safety Month
Event
16 Oct 2018
Bendigo Health and Safety Month
Event
12 Oct 2018
Hume Small business breakfast
Event
11 Oct 2018
Ballarat Health and Safety Month
Event
11 Oct 2018
Horsham Health and Safety Month
Event
10 Oct 2018

Browse all resources useful to this industry

Video: Quad bikes - Contractors
Video: Quad bikes - How to do a pre-start check
Video: Quad bikes - Inspection and maintenance
Video: Quad bikes - Understanding loads and tyres
Video: Quad bikes - Hazards identification and training
Video: Quad bikes - Helmets
Video: Quad bikes - Overview
Video: Quad bikes - Rollover
Maintenance and inspection of mobile elevating work platforms (MEWPs) in the agriculture industry: Information for employers
Quad bike safety app
Farmer dies in tractor incident near Mansfield
24 Jul 2018
Common sense the key to farm safety
16 Jul 2018
Egg farm fined $230,000 following fatality
13 Jul 2018
All high-risk work licence classes
Regulating the use of ammonium nitrate
Young workers: Safety basics
Moving hay bales safely: A health and safety solution
Quad bikes on farms: A handbook for workplaces
Tractor power take off guarding: A health and safety solution
Fatigue management guidelines for the forestry industry
Falling hay bales – A health and safety solution
Dairy safety: A practical safety guide
Post drivers - industry safety standard: A handbook for workplaces
Woodchipper safety devices