Rural Safety & Health Alliance
About Us
RSHA is a group of eight Research and Development Corporations that collaboratively invest in R&D to reduce death, injury and illness and enhance health and wellbeing across agricultural industries
The need
Having a safe workplace is fundamental to all businesses. WHS statistics show that injury rates for people working in Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing are high. Cross-sector research is needed to help make agriculture safer.
Our vision
Everyone on farm sees health and safety as a priority, and adopts safe practices: owners, managers, workers, contractors, family members and visitors.
Our goal
To build the capacity of our Members to improve Work Health and Safety in their agricultural industries.
Our approach
Members meet regularly to share resources and identify projects for joint action and investment.
The Ag Safety Data Net project
A collaborative project developing meaningful farm safety metrics and analytical capacity for the Australian agriculture sector, June 2024 to 2027.
Better farm safety metrics and analytical capacity will enable agriculture to plan, act and track progress in WHS.
ASDN Data – coding and metrics definitions
Essential first steps:
(i) identifying the quality and accessibility of sources of on-farm fatality and injury data,
(ii) updating the coding schema for recording details of incidents (iii) establishing industry-agreed metrics.
ASDN Reports – statistics and papers
Reporting the metrics – statistical reports at national, state, and industry levels will be produced each year.
ASDN Rural Media Farm Injuries Dashboard
Real-time dashboard of farm injury incidents from rural and social media that allows users to explore basic trends and patterns to better understand the risks associated with farming.
ASDN Lead Indicators – measures of preventative actions
Stronger insights about the preventative actions occurring on farm will help us achieve safer agriculture.
