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Quad bike politics put farmer safety at risk
Right now, there’s an unseemly squabble going on about the safety of quad bikes or ATVs. Everyone agrees that too many people are being injured and killed using these indispensable farm tools, so a...
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Union bans ATV use (unless…)
There’s been a new development in the quad bike safety saga. Basically, the AWU has banned the use of quads unless they’re fitted with an anti-crush device and there’s been safety training. Read more...
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Quad bike manufacturers look like Big Tobacco
Just like Big Tobacco before it, the quad bike industry has been adamant its machinery is not responsible for the deaths of Australian farmers – rather that they got themselves killed. The Weekly Times...
View ArticleWorkSafe Vic to get tough on quad bikes
It sounded like a threat from WorkSafe. “I think you’ll see us getting quite radical in the new year…. So prosecuting farmers has not been an area that we’ve particularly been in but we think we may...
View ArticleTragic irony
I cannot imagine finding a child killed on the farm yet this is perhaps Australia’s most dangerous backyard. One of the things we do to keep Zoe and Alex safe is to keep them off quad bikes. According...
View ArticleHow to get farmers wearing helmets on quad bikes
With my hair plastered to my head with sweat and feeling woozy, I conceded defeat. I’d been rounding up in 30 degree heat on a quad bike with a road bike helmet on and just couldn’t do it. At 2 km/hr...
View ArticleTough gear for a tough gig: quad bike safety gets serious
Too many of us had been dying so, at last, something had to be done. “…if a duty holder (normally an employer) wants to use a quad bike in the workplace – and there is a risk of rollover – WorkSafe...
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