Farm Safety

A farming partnership has been fined £53,000 after a farm worker was fatally injured in an incident involving a telehandler within the pig barn.

Drivers of UTVs should always use the vehicle’s seatbelts and not assume the roll-cage will prevent serious injury or death, safety chiefs have warned.

Rural roads were the location of 1,649 fatalities and 16,055 serious injuries between 2018 and 2020, making them more deadly than their urban counterparts, new data from the Department for Transport (DfT) has found. 

A farming partnership in Kent has been fined £60,000 following an incident on farm which saw a 21-year-old employee killed while dismantling a redundant piece of farming equipment.

Handling livestock, particularly cattle, always involves the risk of injury, but putting certain measures in place and always adhering to strict protocols can reduce that risk to yourself, your employees and visitors.

Increasing cattle-related fatalities in the last five years have led to industry calls for livestock to be handled and treated with caution.

A dairy farmer who says he is lucky to be alive after he was impaled by a three-foot bale spike hopes his story will act as a warning to other farmers to prioritise health and safety and not be complacent.

Farm fires have left the industry with a bill of more than £69 million in 2020, a rise of 40 per cent, sparking calls for farmers to put new fire prevention and control plans in place.

A 21-year-old woman has died in a quad bike incident.

A young farmer’s efforts in promoting practical safety tips and discussing mental wellbeing through digital platforms has been recognised.