First aid obligations for:
Farms & Agriculture
Farming is one of New Zealand's highest-risk sectors. Quad bikes and vehicles, machinery, animals, chemicals and remote paddocks mean help can be a long way off, so getting first aid right matters more here than almost anywhere.
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Farms carry serious hazards — quad bike and tractor rollovers, machinery entanglement, animal injuries, chemical exposure, falls and chainsaw cuts. Workers are often alone and a long way from the nearest ambulance.
Trained First Aiders
On farms, first aiders need to manage serious injury and keep someone stable through a long wait for help. Because staff work spread across the property and often alone, both cover and communication matter — and any contractors or public on site count too.
First aid kits
Farm kits should be built for trauma — severe bleeding, fractures, burns and eye injuries — and carried on vehicles and bikes, not just left in the shed. Keep a larger kit at the main buildings and smaller ones out where the work happens.
AEDs
Given the distances involved and the physical nature of the work, an AED at the main dwelling or shed can be genuinely life-saving — and worth coordinating with neighbours or a local rural network.
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The surest way to get this right is a proper assessment of your own site. First Aid Check’s free assessment is built on current NZ first aid regulations, best-practice first-aider ratios and ACC industry risk categories — so your result reflects the rules and your real risk, not a generic rule of thumb. A few minutes gives you a personalised report you can act on.
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