Guthrie Robert, Westaway Jennifer, Goldacre Lisa
School of Business Law and Taxation, Curtin University of Technology, Western Australia, Australia.
Aust J Rural Health. 2009 Apr;17(2):77-85. doi: 10.1111/j.1440-1584.2008.01021.x.
The objective of this paper is to review the available workers compensation and occupational health and safety data and the legal framework in relation to the agricultural industry to explore whether any factors highlight the need to pay special attention to the particular circumstances of those engaged in the industry.
This paper explores some of the special features of the agricultural industry, looking first at agricultural worker fatalities and injuries as a matter of ongoing concern for all participants in this industry, government, as well as occupational health and workers compensation authorities. The paper analyses how occupational health and workers compensation laws may have special application to this industry. Finally, the paper considers some workers compensation provisions that have particular application to the agricultural industry.
Our survey of the available data and literature leads to the conclusion that the dangerous nature of agricultural work and the special legal and economic framework in which that work is undertaken identify the agricultural industry as presenting Australian Governments and specialist authorities with particular challenges in relation to improving workplace safety and reducing workplace injury.
本文的目的是回顾与农业产业相关的现有工人赔偿及职业健康与安全数据以及法律框架，以探讨是否有任何因素凸显出需要特别关注从事该产业人员的特殊情况。
本文探讨了农业产业的一些特殊特征，首先将农业工人的死亡和受伤情况视为该产业所有参与者（包括政府、职业健康及工人赔偿当局）持续关注的问题。本文分析了职业健康和工人赔偿法律如何可能特别适用于该产业。最后，本文考虑了一些特别适用于农业产业的工人赔偿规定。
我们对现有数据和文献的调查得出结论，农业工作的危险性质以及开展该工作所处的特殊法律和经济框架表明，农业产业在改善工作场所安全和减少工作场所伤害方面给澳大利亚政府和专业当局带来了特殊挑战。
