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Agriculture Sector Action Plan to 2013

Workplace Health and Safety Strategy for New Zealand to 2015

This action plan has been developed by the Department of Labour in partnership with the following industry and Government stakeholders:

These organisations, along with the Department, therefore constitute the 'we' in the action plan.

The Department acknowledges the commitment shown by these stakeholder organisations in contributing to the development and implementation of this action plan.

Contents

  1. 1. Introduction
  2. 2. Priorities for action
    1. Use of agricultural vehicles and machinery
    2. Physical and mental health/wellbeing of agricultural workers
    3. Slips, trips and falls
    4. Animal handling
  3. 3. Planned and ongoing activity to 2013 - what we are going to do about it
    1. The goals
    2. The approach
    3. The actions
  4. 4. A word about the Occupational Health Action Plan
  5. 5. Monitoring - how will we know we're heading in the right direction?
  6. Appendix 1: The agriculture sector at a glance
    1. The work
    2. Place in the economy
    3. The people
    4. Health and safety performance