Health and safety

To mark air ambulance week, Farmers Guardian looks at the invaluable role the Great North Air Ambulance Service plays within the farming community

Tributes paid to youngster as Northern Ireland marks fourth farm-related death in as many weeks

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

Despite the pressures of what may prove to be a difficult harvest, farmers are being urged to make safety a priority

Worker had to be airlifted to hospital after suffering multiple fractures following stack collapse

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

Francis ‘Frank’ Schlachter suffered severe head injuries when he fell from a skip at a farm in Burscough operated by M A Forshaw on January 3 2020

Andy and Lynda Eadon said in the midst of adversity, they had made it their mission to 'bring communities together, to get people talking and champion British farming'

F arming has always been recognised as a hazardous occupation and sadly its safety record has stagnated over the years, with more deaths and non-fatal injuries each year than any other industry

A digital database could reduce admin and enhance safety, according to IAAS