Farm Safety - Rethink Risk

[Farm Safety Foundation]

In a year where the number of people killed on farms in Great Britain has almost doubled compared to the previous year, we need to take a more serious approach to a more serious issue… Why are farmers continuing to ignore the issue of safety? Why are twice as many over 60s having life-ending incidents on farms compared to the rest of the industry? And what are we going to do about it?

 

[Christoph1945]

Despite not being a farmer I found the facts somewhat interesting but can't help thinking that the same factors that are driving many farmers to suicides are also distracting their concentration and thought processes sufficiently enough to take their minds off the moments, whilst doing hazardous tasks about the farm; or even in the home.