SIA Victorian Safety Conference 2017

1. Breathtaking and heartbreaking -
Confined space hazards in Australian agriculture
Roz O’Donoghue Federation University

2. http://www.canberratimes.com.au/nsw/three-dead-in-water-tank-tragedy-near-yass-20170216-guewah.html
http://www.donnybrookmail.com.au/story/4707842/boy-dies-after-farming-accident-in-dinninup/
http://www.9news.com.au/national/2017/02/16/23/32/three-people-found-dead-inside-water-tank-on-nsw-property

3. https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2016/nov/21/six-diving-and-snorkelling-deaths-in-a-week-spark-calls-for-tougher-standards
http://www.couriermail.com.au/news/queensland/great-barrier-reef-deaths-new-safetyguidelinesfordivers/newsstory/adbcace130677c6f385bae243b445d96

4. Source: Beaver and Field (2007) Summary of documented fatalities in livestock manure storage and handling facilities 1975 -2004 (a&b) p.5 & 6; WorkSafe British Columbia (2014) Managing
confined spaces in agriculture - Dairy farms (c-f) p.21, 23.

5. http://www.theage.com.au/victoria/father-and-sons-fight-for-life-after-tank-accident-at-dairy-farm-near-warragul-20131127-2y9jv.html
http://news.cfa.vic.gov.au/news/heroic-confined-space-rescue.html

6. http://www.abfad.co.uk/editorial/dangers-of-confined-space-working-infographic/

7. “A 65 year old farmer, his two sons, 8 year old grandson and a nephew died”
“He was engulfed by meal before he could reach the escape ladder”
https://www.worksafe.vic.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0020/21629/Farmcon.pdf
“Two brothers aged 24 and 26 died of carbon monoxide poisoning in a water tank on
their father’s farm…using two petrol-driven pumps to empty the 50,000-litre underground
tank”

8. http://www.theland.com.au/story/4489495/gunning-farm-triple-tragedy-not-workplace-accident/
“It has also highlighted how farmers struggle with poor safety information in farm work and
whether government authorities do enough to alert people to the dangers they may face”.

9. https://www.worksafe.vic.gov.au/__data/print-to-pdf/api.php?url=http://www.worksafe.vic.gov.au/pages/forms-and-publications/forms-and-publications/alert-confined-spaces-on-
farms%3FSQ_DESIGN_NAME=blank%26SQ_PAINT_LAYOUT_NAME=pdf
https://www.worksafe.vic.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0010/211888/ISBN-Safety-alert-confined-spaces-on-farms-2017-06.pdf

10. https://www.google.com.au/search?q=danger+confined+space+farm+images&tbm=isch&tbs=rimg:CUon0QXtAvTIjjQ7Ugpmr3XP5rU6CF0LU2fkom9lF18qwPsArtbVLMYFW9QBPSCcOKFr0pvOfeWUsZnixN3v9KhCCoSCdDtSCmavdc_
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