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<blockquote data-quote="Goweresque" data-source="post: 6460542" data-attributes="member: 818"><p>A few points:</p><p></p><p>Firstly those figures include members of the public killed by livestock on rights of way, which are not really farmings responsibility, any more than if you get hit by a lorry on the road its the responsibility of the haulage industry. And it also include children killed on farms, which again is not really related to farming as an industry, as children are killed in accidents in domestic locations - over 60 children under 14 die in home incidents every year.</p><p></p><p>So of the 39 fatalities listed, 3 were walkers killed by cattle, 2 were children, 1 was a member of the public hit by a landslide (from a forestry site) on a public road and 1 was a member of the public run over by a machine while crossing a farm yard on a right of way.</p><p></p><p>Secondly of the remaining 32 deaths, 15 were over 60 years old, and another 8 were over 50. Only 9 were from 18 to 49 years of age.</p><p></p><p>Farming does not have a Health and Safety problem, it has an old(er) people working in dangerous environments problem.</p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.hse.gov.uk/agriculture/pdf/agriculture-fatal-injuries-1819-summary.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.hse.gov.uk/agriculture/pdf/agriculture-fatal-injuries-1819-summary.pdf</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Goweresque, post: 6460542, member: 818"] A few points: Firstly those figures include members of the public killed by livestock on rights of way, which are not really farmings responsibility, any more than if you get hit by a lorry on the road its the responsibility of the haulage industry. And it also include children killed on farms, which again is not really related to farming as an industry, as children are killed in accidents in domestic locations - over 60 children under 14 die in home incidents every year. So of the 39 fatalities listed, 3 were walkers killed by cattle, 2 were children, 1 was a member of the public hit by a landslide (from a forestry site) on a public road and 1 was a member of the public run over by a machine while crossing a farm yard on a right of way. Secondly of the remaining 32 deaths, 15 were over 60 years old, and another 8 were over 50. Only 9 were from 18 to 49 years of age. Farming does not have a Health and Safety problem, it has an old(er) people working in dangerous environments problem. [URL]http://www.hse.gov.uk/agriculture/pdf/agriculture-fatal-injuries-1819-summary.pdf[/URL] [/QUOTE]
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