The livestock safety handbook
Every movement across your properties carries risk, and you cannot keep anyone safe on a block you cannot see. This handbook shows how to hold one safety standard on every property.
Understanding your health and safety responsibilities
Managing risks and hazards effectively
Handling incidents and planning for emergencies
Training your team and working with contractors
4 key takeaways from the guide
Who's responsible?
Who carries the safety duty on your operation, from the board down to the contractor at the gate
Hazard management
A four-step method for hazards, and how often to review each control based on how badly it could hurt someone
When things go wrong
What to do in the first minutes after an incident, and what makes it notifiable to the regulator
Contractor management
What to ask a contractor for before they arrive, and how to prove the induction happened after they leave
