The reality
Agriculture is the most dangerous industry in Australia.
Not one of the most dangerous — the most. These are the numbers behind every Australian farm.
Figures are for Australian agriculture as a whole — the industry this sector belongs to. See sources below.
The pigs problem
The biggest risks are inside the shed.
Pork production concentrates people, animals and effluent under one roof. Manure pits and confined spaces, machinery, and the constant need to control visitors and contractors make safety and biosecurity two sides of the same job.
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Confined spaces & gases
Manure pits and effluent systems generate hydrogen sulphide and ammonia that displace oxygen — confined-space entry without ventilation has caused fatalities on Australian farms.3
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Biosecurity
Disease control depends on tightly managing every person and vehicle entering the site — hard to do on paper across shifts and contractors.4
03
Machinery & animals
Feed systems, gates and large animals in close quarters put workers at risk of crush and entanglement injuries.2
AirAgri for pigs
Real-time safety intelligence for every worker.
Worker safety and site control in one system — so biosecurity and WHS stop competing for attention.
Real-time worker tracking
See where every worker is — across paddocks, yards and sheds, even out of phone range, direct-to-satellite.
Man-down & duress alarms
A fall, no-movement or duress alerts the closest people for immediate response. No button to remember.
Heat & isolation awareness
Flag heat conditions and lone or at-risk workers before exposure becomes an incident.
Fast inductions & training
Get seasonal, casual and contractor crews competent and recorded quickly, with SOPs that are easy to follow.
Hazard & incident reporting
Capture near-misses and hazards from the field, with a full, time-stamped audit trail.
ESG & board-ready data
Property- and role-based risk profiling, and defensible human-risk data for governance and ESG reporting.
The commercial upside
Safety that protects your people and your balance sheet.
The same system that brings workers home also lowers the cost of running the operation.
Fewer serious incidents
Faster response and earlier intervention reduce the events that hurt people and stop work.
Lower insurance & downtime risk
Fewer claims, less lost time, and a clear safety record at renewal.
Stronger governance narrative
Demonstrable duty of care across every site, role and contractor.
Audit-ready human-risk data
One source of truth for ESG, board and regulator reporting.
Designed for
Built for the way you work.
Pork is part of Australia's $88 billion agricultural sector.5
Bringing farmers home
See AirAgri across your operation.
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Sources
- Safe Work Australia, Key Work Health and Safety Statistics 2024 — agriculture, forestry & fishing recorded the highest worker fatality rate of any Australian industry (13.7 per 100,000 workers). www.safeworkaustralia.gov.au
- AgHealth Australia (University of Sydney) and Farmsafe Australia, Safer Farms Report 2025 — 72 people were killed on Australian farms in 2024, the highest toll in more than two decades — roughly one death every five days — and more than double 2023 (against a five-year average of 53). Side-by-side vehicles (14 deaths, up from 4 in 2023) overtook quad bikes (10) and tractors (8) as the leading cause for the first time, and children under 15 were involved in 11% of fatal incidents. AgHealth's preliminary 2025 data records 171 serious on-farm injuries — already more than the 133 recorded in all of 2024. www.farmsafe.org.au
- Better Health Channel (Victoria), Farm safety — confined spaces — manure pits and effluent systems generate hydrogen sulphide and other gases that displace oxygen; entry to confined spaces without ventilation has caused fatalities. www.betterhealth.vic.gov.au
- Australian Pork Limited — industry biosecurity guidance: disease control depends on managing every person and vehicle entering the site. australianpork.com.au
- ABARES, Agricultural Commodities Report, December 2024 — the gross value of Australian agricultural production is forecast at $88.4 billion in 2024–25 (wheat alone $10.7 billion). www.agriculture.gov.au