Spotlight on farm child safety

CHILDREN are disproportionally injured on farms and a Hamilton-based researcher is asking for participants in an online survey on the problem to ensure accurate findings and recommendations. Photo: SUPPLIED.

By Spec.com.au

March 18, 2022 | 6:00 PM

THE National Centre for Farmer Health (NCFH) and Deakin University are running a study to investigate the way behaviours, attitudes and lifestyles on Victorian farms are contributing to farm-related injuries in children.

For the past 20 years, the injury rate of Australian farming children has refused to come down, despite ongoing safety campaigns and horror stories of injuries and fatalities.