Together, we're making farming safer

Farm safety is at the heart of a strong, thriving food and fibre sector. Explore practical tools, farmer-led ideas, and resources from experts to help you and your team stay safe and well on-farm.

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This Season

Don't toss away your season

The average quad accident, puts a farmer out of work for 82 days. That’s nearly a whole season!
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And with 19 fatalities from 2021-2025, families and communities across NZ are paying a lot more than that.
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A few minutes here and there, and a few good decisions, are all you need to reduce your risk, and protect yourself and your business. And with big discounts on lifesaving tech like CPDs, and other systems, Safer Farms are making it even easier!
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Check them out - and claim your discount code - right here.

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Here’s the damage and the cost.

Accidents on-farm have far reaching consequences, not just for you, but for your family and your business. Each accident can mean lost income, extended time away from work, years of rehabilitation, and costs that are difficult - if not impossible - to measure.

Below are some sobering statistics that come from the ACC workplace injury interactive dashboard, specifically designed to share insights into the food and fibre sector. You can view more detail by clicking on the link below which takes you to a wealth of information and allows you to filter by sub-sector, region, injury and more.

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Farm Safety Data Dashboard - Dynamic

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Disclaimer

The ACC workplace injury claims data shown in this dashboard is provided for general information and sector insight purposes only. It is based on agreed data definitions and filters used for the Safer Farms agriculture injury dashboard initiative and may not match figures provided by ACC in response to Official Information Act requests, media requests, or other reporting purposes.

Differences can occur because ACC data is dynamic and may change depending on when it is extracted, and the filters or definitions applied by different ACC teams. For example, reporting may differ depending on whether claims are counted by claim lodgement date, injury date, payment date, or another reporting period. The dashboard also excludes Accredited Employer Programme claims, which may be included or treated differently in other ACC datasets.

Farm Without Harm Strategy

Safer Farms are the kaitiaki (stewards) of the sector wide Farm Without Harm strategy which is a commitment to drive practical changes that prevent harm. It’s a collective primary sector strategy, committing to:

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Push us all to care about wellbeing, not just productivity.

Get farming leaders together to propose long-term solutions.

Drive real actions on farm to move beyond “she’ll be right”.

Sharing expert info, and your farming insights, right across our sector.

Support new hazard controls to design preventable harm, out of farming.

Read the Strategy

Sector Health & Safety Resources

Click on the links below to find a range of resources, developed by industry and experts to help you and your staff stay safe on the farm.

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Dairy

Sheep & Beef

Horticulture

Arable

Key Safety Areas

Click through to resources created by industry bodies and experts to learn more about how to reduce risk, to yourself and others.

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Farm Vehicles

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Plant & Machinery

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Hazardous Work & Substances

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Animal Handling

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Keeping People Safe

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Latest Safety Alerts

Safety Alerts are learnings from real life incidents that have happened on farms. Click the links below to read more, download and print off for the workshop or staff room, or to use as prompts for conversations with staff and visitors.

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