Farm Safety

Five seconds can change your life. Here, farmer and director of L and K Group and North West Auctions, Trevor Wilson, talks to Hannah Binns about his near-death incident falling nine feet from a barn roof one sunny afternoon in May.

In his hard-hitting and brave retelling of the fall that changed his life, farmer and auction mart director Trevor Wilson has laid bare the profound impact an on-farm health and safety incident can have on an individual and those around them.

A two-year-old is thought to have died in a slurry pit incident after being found unresponsive at a farm in Lancashire.

A farmer from North Yorkshire has been killed after he became trapped under a mower.

Farm deaths have fallen to their lowest level on record, new data from the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has revealed.

Increased use of tracking security devices last year on tractors and quad bikes has helped Police Scotland recover tractors, quad bikes and other farm equipment valued at £893,000.

Frustrated farmers have resorted to spreading a thick layer of animal faeces around an infamous beauty spot, in an attempt to deter tourists from visiting.

Leading rural insurer NFU Mutual has launched a checklist to help keep farmers and workers safe through what could be one of the most challenging harvests since the Second World War.

A self-employed contractor has died after falling through a fragile roof on a farm in the West Midlands.

Honda has announced it will not supply quad bikes to the Australian market from 2021.