HSE Chair, Martin Temple, talks about his personal connection to farming in support of National Farm Safety Week
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) is encouraging everyone involved in agriculture to join the…
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Stay safe with livestock
Animal-handling practices are often learned from watching others and from personal experiences growing up…
The rise and falls of farm safety
Farming carries an above-average risk of falling accidents. Farming, forestry and horticulture employ about 1%…
CEMA highlights major factors causing more than 80% of on-road accidents with farm machines
CEMA has reported that four out of five accidents that happen on public roads with…
Farm vehicles and children
Farms can be family homes as well as workplaces, with children often present. As we…
Crucial risk assessments are just a click away
New tools to help farmers assess risk were highlighted when the NFU’s farm safety and…
IOSH backs NHS England’s campaign to tackle skin cancer in the South of England
NHS England has launched a new initiative, ‘Cover Up, Mate’, to combat skin cancer caused…
Dairy farmer crushed to death by own tractor
Entrepreneur and multi-millionaire farmer Derek Mead of Weston-super-Mare has died after a tragic accident on…
Farm and owner fined after worker crushed to death
Penhill Farm Limited and owner Selwyn Andrew Thomas Richards have been fined after a contractor…
Recent deaths highlight risks for older workers
Tom Price the NFU’s farm safety and transport adviser has highlighted the fact that three…