farm safety week

Written by Agriland Team from Agriland A man has died in a incident on a farm in Malvern, Worcestershire this morning (Friday, July 28). West Midlands Ambulance Service was called to a farm off the B4220 near Cradley at 10:38a.m today where they found the man trapped between vehicles. A...

Written by Michelle Martin from Agriland NFU Mutual has produced new signs that farmers can use to caution members of the public walking on their land about the dangers of cattle. The sign encourages walkers to be aware, be prepared, and be respectful, and gives advice on how to behave...

Written by Michelle Martin from Agriland Firefighters have urged farmers to think about fire safety following a call out to a field fire in Essex last night (Monday, July 17). Crews from Essex Fire and Rescue Service were called to Ludgores Lane in Danbury at around 9:20p.m last night after...

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Written by Michelle Martin from Agriland Ulster Farmers’ Union (UFU) president William Irvine is encouraging farmers to review safety measures on their farm and work out what can be done to improve it this Farm Safety Week. “For example, signage regarding slurry pits, high-powered equipment...

Written by Richard Halleron from Agriland In the wake of the recent Farm Safety Week in Northern Ireland, the Farm Safety Partnership (FSP) is encouraging the farming community to consider new and emerging farm safety technology in efforts to keep everyone safe on farms. With fast-moving...

Written by Aisling O'Brien from Agriland As this year’s Farm Safety Week draws to a close, the Farm Safety Partnership (FSP) has urged farmers to embrace new safety technologies. FSP outlined that technological advances mean autonomous electric tractors, large spraying drones, and on-vehicle...

Written by Stella Meehan from Agriland As part of Farm Safety Week this week, the Farm Safety Partnership (FSP) is reminding the farming community to keep children safe on farms during these busy summer months. The FSP has said that children are naturally curious, particularly on working...

Written by William Kellett from Agriland This week is Child Farm Safety Week in Northern Ireland, and the HSENI’s Agriculture team are extremely busy visiting rural primary schools to give farm safety talks to Primary one and Primary seven pupils right across Northern Ireland on the run up to...

Written by Agriland Team from Agriland Farm safety organisations in the UK have criticised a recently shared promotional picture for season two of Clarkson's Farm for poor safety behaviour. The photo (top right in the below tweet) shared on social media shows Kaleb, Clarkson's farm employee...

Written by William Kellett from Agriland The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) is urging farmers to make safety a priority to reduce the number of deaths and injuries in the industry. The HSE has been notified of four fatalities on farms in just over a fortnight, including the death of a...

HSE issues safety call to farmers after a series of farm fatalities Farmers urged to make safety a priority to reduce the number of deaths and injuries in the industry HSE been notified of four fatalities on farms in just over a fortnight, including the death of a three-year-old boy and a...

The Agriculture Sector Intervention Plan sets out the actions HSE will take to drive improvements in the industry. HSE’s Agriculture Sector Intervention Strategy In September 2017 HSE published its sector and health plans covering 19 industry sectors. The plans set out the strategic...

A few of days ago while combining a field with a footpath alone one side I had a very near miss with a member of the public! The footpath was clear as I’d started cutting along it andI was chopping the straw so a lot of dust blowing towards the path. Well, a woman had walked at pace and got...

MAKING YOUR FARM A SAFER PLACE TO WORK AND LIVE DOESN’T HAVE TO COST A FORTUNE. IN FACT, A TIDY UP OF THE YARD CAN REAP REAL BENEFITS IN TERMS OF SAVING TIME, SAVING COSTS AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, SAVING LIVES… • Regularly walk around your farm and assess the potential dangers. • If you want to...

Farm safety week too Amazingly no one seriously hurt, go steady

AS WE’VE SEEN TODAY, MAKING YOUR FARM A SAFER PLACE TO WORK AND LIVE DOESN’T HAVE TO COST A FORTUNE. IN AN INDUSTRY THAT, THIS YEAR, RECORDED ALMOST DOUBLE THE NUMBER OF FATAL INJURIES, WE CAN ALL AGREE THAT IT HAS NEVER BEEN MORE IMPORTANT TO RETHINK RISK AND PUT SAFETY FIRST. As the UK’s...

WORK-RELATED FATIGUE CAN BE VERY BAD FOR YOUR SAFETY AND YOUR HEALTH AND NOWHERE IS THIS MORE RELEVANT THAN IN FARMING! In a recent UK-wide study of 95 farmers we carried out in partnership with our funder NFU Mutual back in April 2021, 69% of respondents identified tiredness as a major risk to...

LONG HOURS, INTENSE PHYSICAL LABOUR, LOW PAY AND AT THE MERCY OF THE ELEMENTS, WHO’D BE A FARMER TODAY? WELL NEARLY HALF A MILLION WORKERS IT SEEMS. YET, FOR A WORKFORCE THAT ACCOUNTS FOR A MERE 1% OF GB’S WORKING POPULATION, THE INDUSTRY ACCOUNTS FOR NEARLY A QUARTER OF ALL WORKPLACE FATAL...