• PHOTO: The switch to a side by side is a safer option. IMAGE: Safework NSW
FARM machinery, especially tractors and quad bikes, are involved in 40% of farm deaths with the latest statistics revealing that injuries and fatalities have re-bounded in the past year.
The annual Safer Farms Report has been released to coincide with National Farm Safety Week from 16 to 23 July.
The report highlights the 2022 injury and fatality statistics as well as the first six months of 2023.
Agriculture again ranks as . . .
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