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Child Safety on Farm

Growing up on a farm offers an idyllic and unique lifestyle for our farm kids.
We want kids to grow up safely and harmoniously with what’s happening on the farm. Sadly, the rates of child farm-related injury in rural Australia have remained constant over the last 20 years, despite ongoing efforts to reduce them. This is concerning, as injuries are largely preventable.
The VFF Making Our Farms Safer team is committed to improving child farm safety. We have established a Child Safety on Farm Steering Committee to lead the industry and address this important issue.
We have created a short survey for grandparents who are still active in farming to help us understand how the common behaviours, attitudes and lifestyles on Victorian farms are contributing to child farm related injuries.
Help us by completing this survey.
1.What is your current farming situation?
2.Which of the following best describes your primary farming type?
3.How old are your grandchild(ren)?
4.Do the grandkids do activities on your farm under your supervision that they aren’t allowed to do at another time? If so, what are these activities and why do you allow them to do it?
5.Is it a high priority to role model good farm safety practices?
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0= low priority, 5=high priority
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6.Are there barriers preventing your from implementing child farm safety measures? What are they?
7.Now, thinking about a child farm accident (or near miss) you may have experienced, please tell us which of the following factors, if any, may have contributed to the accident or near miss. You can select more than one
8.Thinking about sources for child on-farm safety information, how valuable are each of the following information sources to you. Use a 0-5 scale where 0 means little value and 5 means great value
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Social media
Word of mouth from neighbours, retailers, agronomists and others
Rural press such as newspapers/ farm magazines
Google search
Manufacturer’s information
Podcasts
Schools
Grower groups
Farm safety apps/ subscriptions
State-based government WorkSafe authorities
Other sources, please specify
9.What are some of the safety practices that you have adopted in your experience? How did you keep your kids safe?
10.Have you become more concerned about child farm safety over time? If so, what are your concerns?
11.On average, how much time would your grandchildren spend in active farming areas? For example: yards, paddocks, shearing sheds
12.What safety measures do you have in place? What are the farm rules on your farm?
13.Do the older siblings care for younger kids during farm visits?
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