health and safety executive

"We need to embrace wireless technology to protect ourselves and our livestock while boosting productivity"

Community pays tribute to the father-of-three from Northern Ireland

HGV driver Tony Williams died in December 2020 after two hay bales fell onto him while he was unloading them on a farm in Cheshire

The Farm Safety Foundation's chair of trustees James Chapman discussed the work of Yellow Wellies, how the industry can learn from the past, the risks of not being safe on farm and how being involved in a farm incident has changed his life

On Farm Safety Week, James Harris, a recruitment director at agriculture specialist REAL Success, said agriculture needed to 'cross the bridge' between compliance and culture on health and safety

The Health and Safety Executive said the whole industry must take the lead in driving a cultural change in farm safety which was 'so desperately needed'

HSE has provided farmers with advice to ensure their farms are safe for hosting open events this Summer

An investigation by the Health and Safety Executive found the farmer had made 'no attempts to segregate the cows and calves from the footpath'

The Health and Safety Executive said Christopher Rolfe was airlifted to hospital where he underwent emergency surgery before starting months of rehabilitation in order to regain his mobility

Seymour Stevens Limited is a mixed beef and arable farm in Faversham, Kent