- Location
- South Molton
Someone "overloaded" the trailer.
How would they have felt if someone had a life changing injury?
Things that would improve farm safety ?
- Thread starter Clive
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How would they have felt if someone had a life changing injury?
Try to do this as much as is possible, but it is a small, extensive operation. Intensive needs income to pay for proper 5 day week working...
Chae1
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- Location
- Aberdeenshire
When we got a few hours off due to a early finish we used to go to local pub and get comatosed!
Nobody was fit to drive anything the following morning!.
Any Sunday's off went to the church in king's cross London village.
I agree. The trailer was overloaded.
But it could have been stuck for another reason.
The tractor driver used the wrong technique and towing equipment.
All THREE factors contributed to the accident.
Remove any one of those three (in this rough example) and the accident would never have happened.
simon-0116
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- Location
- Sheffield
Havnt mentioned money ?????
wasn't quoting you not sure how that happened
- Location
- South Molton
So if it wasn't overloaded it wouldn't have got stuck?
How will I sharpen the forager fill the tanker or sprayer etc. I’d suggest modern tractors with tiny buttons that can be swapped around
Yes they are now but 20 years ago not so. I’d like to see a dog put a Ih 956 pto in gear. Modern electrics and technology has got a big part to play in safety
- Location
- South wales
- Location
- South Molton
That was exactly my point.
not ecessarily so.
And people are missing the point.
In this example, a person hurt their back, an was fortunate it was not a lot worse.
But, it is not purely down to being overloaded. there were other factors at play, all of which added to the incident.
If they had used a winch, with correctly rated wire, then a) the wire would not have snapped and b) there woudl be no need to snatch the chain to try and pull it out.
if people cant see that, then i give up
Ivorbiggun
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- Location
- Norfolk
Educate the bosses to make them see it’s not acceptable to work their staff 17/18 hours (or more on some farms.)with a 10 min break 7 days a week during busy times.
That vehicle weights etc do apply to them as well.
That they shouldn’t take on more land they can sensibly manage.
Have enough staff to cope.
Pay the staff what their worth.
Stop having pointless health and safety meetings, then as soon as things get busy it’s all forgotten.
Don’t cut corners.
And don’t employ students.
But hell will freeze over first.
That vehicle weights etc do apply to them as well.
That they shouldn’t take on more land they can sensibly manage.
Have enough staff to cope.
Pay the staff what their worth.
Stop having pointless health and safety meetings, then as soon as things get busy it’s all forgotten.
Don’t cut corners.
And don’t employ students.
But hell will freeze over first.
so, the charts posted earlier, how many of those deaths were caused by speeding?
Not many i suggest.
As i said ages ago, it needs (and I am sure people are already doing this) a careful consideration to the causal factors of historic accidents, and address those which will have the greatest effect on reducing future accidents.
- Location
- North Somerset.
Some of us are working past retirement age in farming because it’s what we have always wanted to do. To be made to stop aged 60 would mean I might have to play golf or go fishing and I can’t think of anything worse for my mental well-being!
In answer to the question in the original post I suggest a greater understanding of the concept of dynamic risk assessment would help reduce the accident risk throughout the working population.
I always look at how a particular task might go wrong before undertaking any work, thinking about how much a job going wrong could hurt tends to focus the mind.
- Location
- South wales
Don’t agree with the students bit how are they to learn
- Location
- northumberland
Had inspector ask my dad years ago why there wasn't a guard on the back of a rear discharge muck spreader to stop you going near it when in operation
Well as an operator of age 57, and fortunately still in possession of all limbs and digits, I find the suggestion that I be forced to Jack it in three years hence to be somewhat offensive.
Are we to remove HGV and drivers licenses from over 60s at the same time.
If I die in a freak lambing accident at age 80, if I choose to still be farming, I for one shall consider that I died a good death.
Are we to remove HGV and drivers licenses from over 60s at the same time.
If I die in a freak lambing accident at age 80, if I choose to still be farming, I for one shall consider that I died a good death.
don't give a dam how many the thread was about things to help safety, are you saying that speeding is never a factor
Quad bikes are one of the most dangerous things on the farm or so the chap on the safety course said so ban them for a start