Tractor Driving and the Lower Back
http://www.rirdc.gov.au/reports/HCC/99_127.doc
Tractors alone cause around 11 per cent of workplace deaths in Victoria. Safety suggestions
http://www.disability.vic.gov.au/dsonline/dsarticles.nsf/pages/Farm_machinery_and_safety_issues?OpenDocument
Farm Safety Fact Sheet No. 1 - Tractor Safety
Machinery_Injuries on Australian Farms - The Facts
Farm Safety Fact Sheet No. 6 - Farm Machinery Guarding
Tractor Power Take-Offs (PTOs)
13/1998 - Farmer Crushed by Cattle Truck
Summary of incident involving a retired farmer who was fatally crushed
between a cattle truck and a loading ramp on a farm.
02/1999 - Hay Baling Injury
Summary of incident involving a 17 year old farm hand only two weeks into his new employment, who received a fractured ankle whilst attempting to disengage an industrial rake from a tractor.
15/1997 - Farmer Dies Jump Starting His Plant
Summary of an incident involving a 63 year old farmer who died while attempting to jump start a 1982 International Harvester Light Dozer.
02/1996 - Farm Worker Loses Leg
Summary of an incident involving a worker who was digging post holes with a mechanical digger driven by tractor power takeoff. The fence wire was strung out along the ground and the worker supported the wire with his left leg. The wire was caught by the rotating post-hole digger, dragging the workers leg onto the digger and amputating it below the knee.
19/1995 - Person Crushed Jump Starting Loader
Summary of an incident involving a partner of a small diesel servicing business in Kalgoorlie who received internal injuries when he was crushed between a front end loaders rear wheel and a wall.
13/1995 - Supervisor Killed By Falling Tree Branch
Summary of an incident involving an earthmoving company supervisor who was killed by a branch that fell from a dead tree.
06/1995 - Tractor Driver Killed By Dislodged Hay Bale
Summary of an incident involving a retired truck driver who was fatally injured while collecting round hay bales on a neighbours farm, operating a Massey-Ferguson Model 702 tractor-powered front end loader with a modified bucket attachment fitted to the lifting frame assembly.
15/1994 - Fatal Accident - Tractor
Summary of an incident involving a 24 year old farmhand who received fatal abdominal injuries when he was crushed beneath the rear wheel hub of a tractor.
Work-related Fatalities Involving Large Round Hay-bales in the Agriculture Industry in Australia, 1989 to 1992
http://www.nohsc.gov.au/PDF/Statistics/report_haybales.pdf
Work-related Fatalities Involving Tractors in Australia, 1989 to 1992.
http://www.nohsc.gov.au/PDF/Statistics/report_tractors.pdf
Work-related Deaths Associated with Wool Presses in Australia, 1989 to 1992.
http://www.nohsc.gov.au/PDF/Statistics/report_woolpress.pdf
A chainsaw in untrained hands is a lethal weapon. Most injuries are deep gashes to the hands, knees, feet and head. This document provides basic information on the safe use of chainsaws.
http://www.safetyline.wa.gov.au/pagebin/pg000187.htm
Angle Grinders: Information on angle grinders which are one of the most dangerous tools used in any workplace.
http://www.safetyline.wa.gov.au/pagebin/pg000192.htm