As we’ve seen today, making your farm a safer place to work and live doesn’t have to cost a fortune. In an industry that, this year, recorded almost double the number of fatal injuries, we can all agree that it has never been more important to rethink risk and put safety first.
Farm transport and machinery continues to be a main cause of life changing and life ending injuries on GB farms, accounting for 40 per cent of all farm worker fatalities in the last decade.
Farm transport and machinery continues to be a main cause of life changing and life ending injuries on GB farms, accounting for 40 per cent of all farm worker fatalities in the last decade.
The National Federation of Young ²ÝÁñÉçÇøâ€™ Clubs (NFYFC) has announced its shortlist for its new Farm Safety Award 2021.Â
Work-related fatigue can be bad for farmers’ health and safety, industry experts have warned.
New data from the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has revealed 41 people were killed on UK farms in 2020/2021, the highest number of deaths in the last five years.
Thirty-four workers lost their lives in agricultural incidents from April 2020 to the end of March 2021, marking a ’shocking’ 70 per cent death toll increase compared to last year, new data from HSE has revealed.
Two farmers from Devon have died within days of each other after being involved in separate farm incidents.
A 23-year-old has died in a tractor-related tragedy.
A farmer is believed to have been crushed to death after he was found next to a tractor with its engine running.