During picking season, make sure you have a safe and efficient way for workers to move between orchards.

Never allow anyone to ride on attachments – including trailers – which are not designed to carry passengers.

This harvest, Worksafe is asking all growers to prepare safe systems of work so everyone can return home safely to their families and communities.

Most trailers are designed to carry produce and equipment, not people.

This means there is a higher risk of roll-over and run-over for people when riding on trailers.

Safety issues

People should not ride on trailers.

Where an employer provides a trailer or towed attachment for moving people, the employer must ensure:

Controlling the risk

Before you start working with trailers on a farm, ask yourself the following:

Training

You must always provide appropriate information, instruction, training or supervision to your employees.

This could include providing employees with instruction and training, or supervision on:

Legal duties

Under the Occupational Health and Safety Act 2004, employers must, so far as is reasonably practicable:

Towing fruit bins with a tractor? Ask yourself:

Employers and self-employed persons also have duties under the Occupational Health and Safety Regulations 2017, Part 3.5 – Plant Regulations.

Please see the Plant, Compliance Code for further information on duties relating to plant.

For more details go to: www.worksafe.vic.gov.au/horticulture

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Monday, 14th January 2030