GRAHAM Brown knows well the dangers of a quad bike.
He was spraying a boundary fence on his property in 2015 when he “looked away at the wrong time, hit a piece of wood and went over.
“I knew I was gone, so I just grabbed hold of the handlebars and clung on,” he said this morning, as SafeWork NSW, NSW police and politicians spilled onto his Springside property to promote quad bike safety.
Mr Brown has become something of an ambassador for farm safety since his accident and Innovation and Better Regulation Minister Matt Kean chose his farm for a safety roadshow today.
This year NSW police and SafeWork will join forces to help push the safety message at all agricultural shows and field days, Mr Kean said.
He said contemplating enforcement across farms in NSW was impractical – behavioural change was needed.
Mr Brown said both his shoulder and hip had to be replaced, he broke multiple ribs and need extensive surgery on his wrist.
He’s back on the quad now, it’s fitted with a roll bar, but he prefers his side by side.
The full article by Daniel Pederson can be found on the Central Western Daily
