The winning entries have been announced in the Farm Safety Calendar Competition to feature on the 2022 calendar.
Primary school students from all parts of the State submitted entries and Minister for Industrial Relations, Grace Grace praised the students for wanting to raise awareness of safety issues on farms and in rural communities.
“The Farm Safety Calendar Competition gives primary school students the opportunity to share with their communities the common hazards on farms and other rural properties,” Ms Grace said.
“The agriculture industry employs around three per cent of the State’s workers, yet accounts for almost a third of our workplace deaths,” she said.
“Tragically farm vehicles, often with children around, figure in a large proportion of these incidents.”
Ms Grace said the calendar was a great opportunity for safety messages to be displayed at home and rural workplaces all year round, further reminding Queenslanders to work and play safely.
“There was massive interest this year with a record 1,953 entries featuring creative and colourful drawings about electrical safety, animal safety, tractor and machinery safety, quad bike safety, water safety and general health and wellbeing,” she said.
Ms Grace said the 12 winners would each receive a $250 gift voucher, plus a further $500 for their school, with their artwork and safety messages headlining the 2022 calendar.
The annual competition has been running since 2015 with almost 8,500 entries from Queensland children over that time.
Details of the winning entries can be accessed at this PS News link.
