• What law applies
• Safety information for riders
• Training and education
• Workplace environment
• Safety when riding
• General health and safety issues
  • Workplace amenities
  • Manual tasks
  • Insecticides and other harmful chemicals
  • Machinery and electrical safety
  • Injury, illness and dangerous events

The Horse Riding Industry Code of Practice 2002

• First aid
• Personal protective equipment (PPE)
• Sun safety and heat stress
• Safety switches
• Risk management

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First aid and other emergencies

Employers must ensure that adequate first aid equipment is reasonably accessible to workers. Employers should also:

• reduce workers¿ risk of exposure to blood and body substances
• make sure workers use 'standard precautions' when dealing with blood and body substances.

Employers should plan for emergencies. Emergencies do happen and can happen anywhere. An emergency plan should be developed for every workplace and should cover such things as:

• fire and personal threat, for example armed robbery, bomb threat
• work caused injury or illness, for example a fall from a horse
• internal emergencies, for example explosion; water, electrical, gas or ventilation systems failure, structural damage, spills or leaks of hazardous substances
• external emergencies, for example neighbouring storage tanks are leaking fumes or a noxious gas.

Employers should record all accidents, including those involving a rider on a incident register such as the Sample Form for Recording First Aid Information at the Workplace (PDF, 122 KB).

Further information on first aid and emergency plans is provided in the First Aid Advisory Standard 2004 (now known as a Code of Practice).