Displaying items by tag: Health and Safety
Lighter, lower-cost safety device for quads
Ag-Tech Industries has added a lighter, lower-cost item to its QuadGuard range of crush protection devices.
Heads up on a good hat
Quad safety is back in the news in Australia, where the Government has ruled that rollover protection will be mandatory within 24 months.
Shonky work scuppers safety
Recent news that roll bars will be mandatory on quads in Australia within 24 months prompts the question: what’s going to happen in New Zealand?
Good point
A mate of the Hound’s, recently back home in Wakefield, Nelson following a month in Christchurch for medical treatment, reckons health and safety, ACC and other rules being imposed on farmers are ridiculous compared to other risky sectors.
A little planning goes a long way
Farmers spend many hours planning their lives around the farming year, but often health and safety is left out.
Brake failure brings big fine
A Gore farm machinery company’s shoddy repairs to a tractor have landed it with a fine of $239,063 and reparations of $103,459 awarded to an injured farm worker.
Face up to the facts
Farmers must accept individual responsibility for the industry’s poor health and safety record, says an industry health and safety leader.
Stop that ticking time bomb!
Chemicals and fuels stored or used incorrectly onfarm can have dangerous consequences.
Proper cows!
Maternal aggression may be behind many attacks on humans by cows, say two overseas animal experts.
Fine, reparation for worker’s death
A Wellsford farmer was fined $70,000 and ordered to pay $130,000 in reparation for the death of a worker driving a tractor.
