The first real-time dashboard for tracking on-farm fatalities and injuries has launched, giving journalists, farm safety advocates, researchers and the farming community early insights into where and how agricultural incidents are occurring. Developed by AgHealth Australia as part of the Ag Safety Data Net project, the Rural Media Farm Injury Dashboard draws on live media reports to give timely snapshots of incidents occurring on-farm, before official coronial or workers compensation data become available. The Dashboard has been funded by the Rural Safety and Health Alliance (RSHA), a partnership of seven Rural Research and Development Corporations.
The Dashboard allows users to customise infographics and heatmaps by date, injury type, age group, industry sector and location – making it a valuable tool for policy makers, industry bodies and community safety campaigns. The Dashboard is now freely accessible online here.