Farm Safety

A North Yorkshire farm has been fined for safety breaches after a self-employed farm worker fell approximately three metres from a 360-excavator vehicle.

A dog walker was found dead in a field containing cows and calves.

Britain’s workplace regulator has urged farmers to improve safety after four deaths were recorded on farm in just over two weeks.

Industry must stop tolerating the ‘reckless behaviour’ of using mobile phones while driving tractors, quad bikes and heavy machinery.

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 Farmers’ Clubs (NFYFC) has announced its shortlist for its new Farm Safety Award 2021. 

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.