Displaying items by tag: Health and Safety

Improving health and safety is about incremental gain rather than a sudden decision, says Leeston farmer and Federated Farmers health and safety spokesman David Birkett.

A safety push across New Zealand has revealed significant gaps in hazardous substances management, farm vehicles, tractors, quad bikes and side-by-sides.

Keeping healthy and safe during vintage 2026

Following a side-by-side rolling into a gully, Safer Farms has issued a new Safety Alert.

Farmers are welcoming new Government proposals to make farm health and safety rules more practical and grounded in real-world farming.

OPINION: New national data from The Drug Detection Agency (TDDA), a leading workplace drug tester, shows methamphetamine (meth) use is growing and making up a disproportionate share of nonnegative workplace drug test results.

Federated Farmers says the farming sector has been unable to effectively address quad bike safety.

WorkSafe New Zealand is calling on farmers to consider how vehicles move inside their barns and sheds, following a sentencing for a death at one of South Canterbury’s biggest agribusinesses.

Following a sentencing for a death at a South Canterbury agribusiness, WorkSafe New Zealand is calling on farmers to consider how vehicles move inside their barns and sheds.

As New Zealand enters the summer months, rural insurer FMG is reminding farmers and growers to take extra care with a new campaign.