Victorian farm worker crushed to death
A farm worker has been killed, crushed by a bulk seed bag in Victoria’s west.
Farming
Farmer killed in tractor incident at Berkshire Valley
WorkSafe is investigating the work-related death of an 89-year-old farmer at Berkshire Valley – 200 kilometres north of Perth – late on Tuesday.
Man, 20s, flown to hospital after horror farm accident near Kingaroy
An injured man has been flown to hospital after a horror accident left him trapped by the hand in farm machinery for several hours.
Backpackers suffer amputation, hand injuries on Qld farm
Two UK backpackers in their mid-20s received gruesome injuries including amputation while working at a Bundaberg farm owned by the world’s largest macadamia grower, a recent court report reveals.
Harvesting Company Fined $150,000
A harvesting company has been fined $150,000 over an incident in which a worker’s leg was amputated after it was caught in a skidder.
Meat company fined over crushed worker
Patrick Smith was an experienced stockman who believed in silver linings.
Man dies in quad bike accident
A man has died in an all-terrain-vehicle accident northwest of Geelong. WorkSafe is investigating the tragedy.
Queensland farm worker successfully sues employer for $500,000 after he was injured by bananas
A banana farm worker in Queensland has successfully sued his employer for half a million dollars after he was injured by falling bananas.
What if a limited use registered farm vehicle is in an accident?
The Queensland Dairyfarmers’ Organisation (QDO) board asked us to investigate what happens when an unroadworthy registered motorbike/tractor is in an accident.
NT cattle station contractor ordered to pay compensation to worker injured in barrel explosion
A Northern Territory cattle mustering contractor has been ordered to pay $20,000 in compensation to a young ringer who suffered severe burns in an AVGAS explosion on the remote Montejinni Station, 320 kilometres south-west of Katherine.
Yeppoon pineapple farm worker electrocuted
A pineapple farm where a worker was killed last week had previously been investigated over a farmhand falling off a makeshift roofing platform made from a forklift and a fruit bin.
Vic farm worker dies in hay bale fall
A farm worker in eastern Victoria has died after six large hay bales fell on him.
Mustering sheep safely with drones
Victorian farmers Tom and Bill Alston use drones to take some of the stress and injury risk out of mustering sheep and cattle on their Beeac property in the state’s south-west.
Patient rushed to hospital following tractor accident
A person was rushed to hospital by helicopter after a tractor accident at a property in the Lockyer Valley.
Campaign targets ‘bulletproof’ farm safety attitudes
The campaign’s key message – “It’s never you, until it is” – aims to challenge a common mindset among farmers and agriculture workers that a serious incident won’t happen to them.
