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23 June 2021
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A Victorian Farmers Federation ‘Making our Farm Safer’ team is encouraging Wimmera grain and livestock producers to join a farm-safety briefing in Horsham next week.
The event will include presentations from Energy Safe Victoria, ESV, commission chair Marnie Williams and work practice advisor Rob Oldfield.
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Ms Williams said the briefing was a chance to promote important messages from ESV’s Look Up and Live campaign. The campaign has been running for more than a decade raising awareness about operating machinery near powerlines.
“Anyone operating machinery such as cranes, crane trucks, tipper trucks or other farm machinery must look up, because incidents like these are preventable if the proper precautions are taken,” she said.
“The community needs to be aware of powerlines before starting any work, particularly in rural and regional areas where single bare powerlines are often hard to see.”
People can complete a registration form to attend the June 28 briefing at Horsham Golf Club online at www.trybooking.com/BRTXU.
The event starts at 6pm.
A second farm-safety briefing will be at Charlton Bowling Club on June 29 from noon.
