Agricultural Health and Safety Performance in Australia

Lower, Tony; Fragar, Lyn; Temperley, John

doi:10.1080/1059924x.2011.605726

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“…While regulation has proven successful in other dangerous industries (e.g., mining and construction) [ 80 ], enforcement in agriculture has proven challenging. Within the farming industry, differences in regulations exist between commodities [ 81 ]. For example, the horticulture, cotton and dairy sectors have higher health and safety performance when compared to other agricultural sectors (e.g., sheep and beef) as they must follow more stringent quality assurance measures [ 81 ].…”

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“…Within the farming industry, differences in regulations exist between commodities [ 81 ]. For example, the horticulture, cotton and dairy sectors have higher health and safety performance when compared to other agricultural sectors (e.g., sheep and beef) as they must follow more stringent quality assurance measures [ 81 ]. Regardless of the presence of similar dangers, small/medium sized farms are less likely to engage in safety measures to protect children than larger farms [ 37 ].…”

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Child Farm-Related Injury in Australia: A Review of the Literature

Adams

Kennedy

Cotton

et al. 2021

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Children on farms have been identified as a population vulnerable to injury. This review seeks to identify child farm-related injury rates in Australia and to determine the key hazards and contributing risk factors. This critical review utilised the PRISMA guidelines for database searching. Research from the year 2000 onward was included as well as earlier seminal texts. Reference lists were searched, and the relevant research material was explored. Our primary focus was on Australian peer-reviewed literature with international and grey literature examples included. Evidence suggests that there is limited Australian research focusing on child farm-related injuries. Child representation in farm-related injuries in Australia has remained consistent over time, and the key hazards causing these injuries have remained the same for over 20 years. The factors contributing to child rates of farm injury described in the literature include child development and exposure to dangerous environments, the risk-taking culture, multi-generational farming families, lack of supervision, child labour and lack of regulation, limited targeted farm safety programs, underuse of safe play areas, financial priorities and poor understanding and operationalisation of the hierarchy of control. It is well known that children experience injury on farms, and the key hazards that cause this have been clearly identified. However, the level of exposure to hazards and the typical attitudes, behaviours and actions of children and their parents around the farm that contribute to chid injury remain unexplored.

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Child Farm-Related Injury in Australia: A Review of the Literature

Adams

Kennedy

Cotton

et al. 2021

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“…Interestingly, the virtual elimination of farm safety education in Alberta during the late 1990s was not associated with any change in these injury rates. necessarily result in compliance: enforcement is required (Lower, Fragar and Temperley 2011;Finnegan 2007). This accords with the broader literature on OHS legislation (Tompa, Treithick and McLeod 2007).…”

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No Right to be Safe: Justifying the Exclusion of Alberta Farm Workers from Health and Safety Legislations

Barnetson¹

2012

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Alberta remains the only Canadian province to exclude agricultural workers from the ambit of its occupational health and safety laws. Consequently, farm workers have no right to know about workplace safety hazards and no right to refuse unsafe work, thereby increasing their risk of a workplace injury. This study uses qualitative content analysis to identify three narratives used by government members of the legislative assembly between 2000 and 2010 to justify the continued exclusion of agricultural workers from basic health and safety rights. These narratives are: (1) education is better than regulation, (2) farms cannot be regulated, and (3) farmers don’t want and can’t afford regulation. Analysis of these narratives reveals them to be largely invalid, raising the question of why government members rely upon these narratives. The electoral rewards associated with maintaining this exclusion may comprise part of the explanation.

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“…No previous studies were found that have specifically evaluated OHSMS interventions in agriculture. However, dairies were found to be one of the top adopters of mandatory OHSMS components as compared to other industries in the Australian agricultural sector (Lower et al, 2011). The International Labour Organization has also included OHSMS guidelines in their most recent Code of Practice on Safety and Health in Agriculture (International Labour Organization, 2010).…”

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confidence: 98%