Keep safe, keep growing
This guide is about protecting the productivity of your farm and the lifestyle you enjoy.
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Summary
You can prevent many of the injuries and much of the ill-health that take people away from work by planning to manage risk. Each injury or illness means people can’t work, whether it’s for an hour, a day, or permanently. This impacts on the productivity of the farm and on your ability to enjoy the lifestyle offered by living on farm.
Key pointsThis guide will help you work out:
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How can I use this guide?
This guideline covers all types of horticulture businesses, including orchards, field crops and glasshouse crops.
What do I have to do?
Planning for risk is important, engagement, participation and representation.
Three steps to managing your farm’s health and safety
There are three key steps to managing the causes of injuries and ill-health in horticulture businesses – we recommend you get as many people’s experiences and ideas as possible.
Useful tips and tools
See useful tips and tools to support your health and safety preparation and outcomes.
It’s about people and productivity
What needs to happen to make your farm healthy and safe?Everyone stand up and be responsible Health and safety does not happen without the boss and everyone else getting in behind it. Everyone get involved The more people involved in managing risk, the more likely the risk will be managed. More people making a farm healthy and safe will mean fewer people will get injured or sick. Keep at it Managing risk is not about documents and manuals. It’s about thinking and talking about risks and doing what needs to be done to stay healthy and safe every day. Stay vigilant Farms change from day-to-day. So do the risks. Make sure everyone on farm knows about the risks on your farm, how they can change with the time of day, the season of the year, or a person’s emotional or physical state. |
The bottom lineHealth and safety does not need to be complicated – you can make it simple and practical to meet the needs of your business. Think about risk before doing tasks. |