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Sheep & Beef

Here’s what New Zealand’s sheep and beef farms need to focus on and talk about to farm, without harm.
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Losing time and productivity due to an injury can be frustrating, especially during busy times such as weaning or shearing. There are so many risks on a sheep and beef farm to both farmers and those coming on to farm, we need to consider what safety approaches to take so everyone goes home safe at the end of each day.

Check out the latest statistics from ACC for sheep and beef farms:
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3,701
# of injuries (2025)
33
Average days off work (2025)
546
Back/spine injuries (2025)
597
Injuries caused by sprains & strains (2025)

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.
Farm Vehicles
Plant & Machinery
Farmer wearing a protective mask operating a green tractor equipped with a yellow sprayer that disperses mist over green crops in a field during sunset.
Hazardous Work & Substances
Animal Handling
Two farmers, a woman in a purple plaid shirt and a man in a black cap and khaki shirt, stand near a metal gate with a group of cows in a green pasture with rolling hills on a sunny day.
Keeping People Safe

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.
Testimonials

Farmer Stories

As farmers we need to be more proactive than reactive - no one wants to have a serious accident on-farm."
Farmer
Change is never comfortable, but actually the alternative is far worse, because the alternative, in the worst case scenario, is somebody dying on your watch."
Mandi
Farmer

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