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 wine problem
Vintage compresses the risk into a few hot weeks.
Seasonal pickers, harvesters, tractors, sprayers and long hot days converge at vintage — often with crews who are new, casual and not acclimatised to the heat.
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Heat & seasonal crews
Productivity drops 2–3% per degree above 20°C, and new or overseas seasonal workers face higher heat and UV risk3; there is no legal stop-work temperature, so the duty sits with the business.4
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Machinery & vehicles
Grape harvesters, tractors and farm vehicles are a leading cause of serious farm injury and death.5
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Chemicals & spraying
Vineyard spray programs require careful handling and re-entry management to protect operators.4
AirAgri for wine grapes
Real-time safety intelligence for every worker.
Bring on a vintage crew fast, keep them visible, and catch heat risk before it becomes an incident.
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.
Wine grapes are a significant horticultural industry within Australia's $88 billion agricultural sector.6
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
- CSIRO, Too hot to harvest: rising heat threatens farm labour and food security (2025) — worker productivity falls 2–3% for every degree above 20°C; unacclimatised seasonal workers face higher heat-stress and UV risk. www.csiro.au
- Fair Work Ombudsman, Horticulture Showcase: Workplace health & safety — WHS law sets no fixed stop-work temperature; the duty to assess and manage heat and chemical risk sits with the business. horticulture.fairwork.gov.au
- AgHealth Australia and Farmsafe Australia, Safer Farms Report 2025 — farm vehicles are the leading cause of on-farm death: side-by-side vehicles, quad bikes and tractors together accounted for 32 of the 72 deaths in 2024, with fatigue, complacency and time pressure among the top contributing factors. www.farmsafe.org.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