To maximise improvements in work health and safety, it is vital to have the best available evidence available to understand the risks that exist. In turn, this can help to define the best control solutions to reduce these risks and prevent injury. For the cotton sector, such information can be used with confidence by cotton growers to update and modify myBMP (Best Management Practices) information and enhance their health and safety systems/practices.

While the industry has made significant progress in addressing WHS, there continues to be room for improvement that will not only minimise the burden of injury and costs to cotton growers, but will also significantly reduce the devastating impacts that these incidents can have on individuals, their families and whole communities. Continued diligence and effective use of the injury data to guide improved practices, will be pivotal to facilitating this progression to safer workplaces for all in the cotton sector.