WARREN MILLS is the Managing Director of CR Management Systems. For more information regarding Good Practice Guidelines, SafeFarm Systems Guide, Farm Worker Induction, Farm Worker Safety Handbook and other related publications and services, please contact him on 0419 239 877 or warren.m@crms.com.au
“On modern farms, for many reasons, rates of injury and death continue to be very high by comparison to other industries” Watching the reports of industrial unrest on the TV news each day might suggest to you that there is a fundamental difference in the interests of employers and employees, especially when workplace safety becomes the subject of an industrial dispute.
Certainly, there have been times in history when this has been true, most recently in developing countries where worker lives are threatened by sub-standard working conditions –…
