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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.
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:
3,835
# of injuries (2024)
32
Average days off work (2024)
630
Back/spine injuries (2024)
857
Injuries caused by sheep (2024)

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
Hazardous Work & Substances
Animal Handling
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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