A Summary of Fatal Injury Surveillance Methods in Australian Agriculture and Their Impact on Safety Policies and Practices.

Agriculture is one of the most important and also hazardous industries in Australia. Having a sound knowledge and understanding of the circumstance of injury events is critical to developing evidence-based intervention programs. This paper aims to provide a brief historical snapshot of the development of data systems underpinning the assessment of fatal farm injury in Australia and how it has impacted on safety policy and practice.

A Narrative Review of Fatigue in Agriculture and Its Impact on Injury and Fatality in Australia.

Objectives: To identify current knowledge about the role of fatigue in occupational injury in the agricultural sector and briefly assess potential intervention approaches.

Methods: Narrative review of peer reviewed literature (in English) from 2010 to 2022 focusing on fatigue in agricultural and other sectors. Data were extracted from Medline, Scopus, and Google Scholar.

Fatal Animal Related Incidents on Australian Farms - a 20-Year Review.

To assess demographic and causal factors of fatal farm incidents involving animals in Australia. Descriptive study of the National Coronial Information System for persons fatally injured by an animal on an Australian farm over the 2001-20 period. Data were analysed in relation to age, sex, state where incident occurred, work-relatedness and causal agents.

Farm-related injury deaths in Australia (2001-20).

Objective: To describe the agents, pattern and trends of unintentional farm fatalities in Australia (2001-2020).

Methods: Review of study of National Coronial Information System data.

Design: Descriptive.

A descriptive review of quad-related deaths in Australia (2011-20).

Objective: To assess Australian quad-related deaths during the 2011-20 period in relation to introduction of the Consumer Goods (Quad Bikes) Safety Standard 2019.

Methods: All Australian quad-related deaths retrieved through the National Coronial Information System.

Results: There were 155 cases, with 116 occurring on a farm and 39 in a non-farm context.

Comparison of severe on-farm injuries to older and younger persons in New South Wales (2012-2016).

Objectives: To assess and compare rates of severe on-farm injury for older (> 50 years) and younger (15-49 years) cohorts, on NSW farms.

Design: Descriptive retrospective epidemiological study of the New South Wales Trauma Registry (Institute of Trauma and Injury Management - ITIM) for persons injured on a farm.

Setting: New South Wales, Australia.

Protecting the future: Fatal incidents on Australian farms involving children (2001-2019).

Objectives: To assess the demographic and causal factors, plus trends in rates of fatal farm incidents involving children (<15 years) in Australia over the 2001-2019 period.

Design: A descriptive retrospective epidemiological study of the National Coronial Information System.

Setting: Australia.