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<blockquote data-quote="Farm Safety Foundation" data-source="post: 7665215" data-attributes="member: 47806"><p>[ATTACH=full]975064[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px"><strong>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 INJURIES, GIVING IT THE POOREST SAFETY RECORD OF ANY OCCUPATION (ALMOST 20 TIMES HIGHER THAN THE GB INDUSTRY AVERAGE).</strong></span></p><p></p><p>The picture is similar in Northern Ireland where farming accounted for 5 of the 13 workplace fatalities in 2020/2021 representing 38% (HSENI) and, in the Republic of Ireland, farming accounts for 5% of the workforce but an alarming 40% of all workplace fatal incidents.</p><p></p><p>[MEDIA=youtube]OHjBHaWZi8g[/MEDIA]</p><p></p><p>Yesterday we launched this year’s Farm Safety Week campaign and, as in previous years, the Health & Safety Executive (HSE) have shared their annual Fatal Injuries in Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing in GB report 2020/21 with us exclusively which, sadly, reveals that, over the past year almost twice as many people were killed on farms in Great Britain compared to the previous year!</p><p></p><p>A total of 41 people in England, Scotland and Wales were killed in agriculture including 34 farm workers and seven members of the public. In addition, two children have been killed by farming this year and, for an industry that still has between 1 and 2 children being killed through its activities each year, this simply MUST improve.</p><p></p><p><a href="https://www.yellowwellies.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Adrian-Hodkinson-HSE-2020.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="https://www.yellowwellies.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Adrian-Hodkinson-HSE-2020.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p><p>Adrian Hodkinson, Acting Head of Agriculture, Health & Safety Executive</p><p></p><p>“Agriculture is a vital part of our economy and everyone involved is rightly proud of the quality and standard of the food produced.” explains Adrian Hodkinson, Acting Head of Agriculture, Health & Safety Executive. “However, this appears to come at a significant cost to many farmers and workers in terms of serious injury, lifelong ill health and in some cases death.</p><p></p><p>“The causes of farm incidents are well known and the things to stop them are usually straightforward: putting on handbrakes; fastening lap belts in cabs; getting ATV training and helmets; putting cows and calves in fields without footpaths; stopping things before trying to fix or unblock them and so on”.</p><p></p><p>“When we investigate life-changing farm workplace incidents we find, time and time again, that risks are not being removed or managed. It is far too common for people to accept risk is an inevitable part of the job – this isn’t the case, the guidance is easily available to manage the risks and prevent injury” His advice: “Think a job through and then put the right measures in place to make safer. ”</p><p></p><p></p><p>“On a more positive note,” Adrian added: “I’m really encouraged that there now some very high-profile advocates for improvement who see the real benefits for attracting and retaining people and reducing costs. It’s fantastic to see a real focus on maintenance of machinery and trailers, that many ATV users are getting trained and wearing helmets, and cattle handling facilities are being improved.”</p><p></p><p>Throughout this year’s campaign, the Farm Safety Foundation, supported by the Farm Safety Partnerships, the Health & Safety Executive, Health & Safety Executive for Northern Ireland and the Health & Safety Authority, Ireland, will highlight the issue of risk-taking, cost-cutting and tiredness on UK and Ireland’s farms and how life-changing and life-ending incidents continue to impact families and communities. We will be meeting farmers who have experienced this first-hand and, of course, exploring what can be done to address it.</p><p></p><p>In a recent survey into farmers across the UK carried out with funder NFU Mutual, the Farm Safety Foundation found that many farmers need to be more aware of tiredness and realise how excessively long hours can play into the risks when farming. Almost seven in ten (69%) of those surveyed, identified tiredness as a major risk with most having taken, or seen others take, risks due to being tired.</p><p></p><p>Unfortunately, in farming, 15-hour days are seen as normal but, with 89% of farmers wanting advice on how to combat fatigue, the Farm Safety Foundation did a call out on social media for farmer’s top tips to dealing with tiredness which include giving up alcohol for the two weeks before any busy time like lambing or staying hydrated and grabbing 40 winks after lunch – the full list will be revealed during the week.</p><p></p><p><a href="https://www.yellowwellies.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Stephanie-Berkeley.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="https://www.yellowwellies.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Stephanie-Berkeley.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p><p>Stephanie Berkeley, Manager, Farm Safety Foundation</p><p></p><p>According to Stephanie Berkeley, Farm Safety Foundation manager:</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>However, those risks change day-to-day and next time things might not work out the same way. We want to encourage those living and working in the industry to rethink risk, to carry out risk assessments and most importantly put in controls that suit the circumstances of any busy farm.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>This is why Farm Safety Week is still so important. Over the past nine years, we have been very privileged to have an opportunity to bring together a wide range of organisations and individuals who really do care about the issue and want to drive safety forwards. We need to engage with farmers of all ages to challenge and change attitudes and ultimately make our farms safer places to work.”</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Farm Safety Foundation, post: 7665215, member: 47806"] [ATTACH type="full" width="791px"]975064[/ATTACH] [SIZE=5][B]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 INJURIES, GIVING IT THE POOREST SAFETY RECORD OF ANY OCCUPATION (ALMOST 20 TIMES HIGHER THAN THE GB INDUSTRY AVERAGE).[/B][/SIZE] The picture is similar in Northern Ireland where farming accounted for 5 of the 13 workplace fatalities in 2020/2021 representing 38% (HSENI) and, in the Republic of Ireland, farming accounts for 5% of the workforce but an alarming 40% of all workplace fatal incidents. [MEDIA=youtube]OHjBHaWZi8g[/MEDIA] Yesterday we launched this year’s Farm Safety Week campaign and, as in previous years, the Health & Safety Executive (HSE) have shared their annual Fatal Injuries in Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing in GB report 2020/21 with us exclusively which, sadly, reveals that, over the past year almost twice as many people were killed on farms in Great Britain compared to the previous year! A total of 41 people in England, Scotland and Wales were killed in agriculture including 34 farm workers and seven members of the public. In addition, two children have been killed by farming this year and, for an industry that still has between 1 and 2 children being killed through its activities each year, this simply MUST improve. [URL='https://www.yellowwellies.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Adrian-Hodkinson-HSE-2020.jpg'][IMG]https://www.yellowwellies.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Adrian-Hodkinson-HSE-2020.jpg[/IMG][/URL] Adrian Hodkinson, Acting Head of Agriculture, Health & Safety Executive “Agriculture is a vital part of our economy and everyone involved is rightly proud of the quality and standard of the food produced.” explains Adrian Hodkinson, Acting Head of Agriculture, Health & Safety Executive. “However, this appears to come at a significant cost to many farmers and workers in terms of serious injury, lifelong ill health and in some cases death. “The causes of farm incidents are well known and the things to stop them are usually straightforward: putting on handbrakes; fastening lap belts in cabs; getting ATV training and helmets; putting cows and calves in fields without footpaths; stopping things before trying to fix or unblock them and so on”. “When we investigate life-changing farm workplace incidents we find, time and time again, that risks are not being removed or managed. It is far too common for people to accept risk is an inevitable part of the job – this isn’t the case, the guidance is easily available to manage the risks and prevent injury” His advice: “Think a job through and then put the right measures in place to make safer. ” “On a more positive note,” Adrian added: “I’m really encouraged that there now some very high-profile advocates for improvement who see the real benefits for attracting and retaining people and reducing costs. It’s fantastic to see a real focus on maintenance of machinery and trailers, that many ATV users are getting trained and wearing helmets, and cattle handling facilities are being improved.” Throughout this year’s campaign, the Farm Safety Foundation, supported by the Farm Safety Partnerships, the Health & Safety Executive, Health & Safety Executive for Northern Ireland and the Health & Safety Authority, Ireland, will highlight the issue of risk-taking, cost-cutting and tiredness on UK and Ireland’s farms and how life-changing and life-ending incidents continue to impact families and communities. We will be meeting farmers who have experienced this first-hand and, of course, exploring what can be done to address it. In a recent survey into farmers across the UK carried out with funder NFU Mutual, the Farm Safety Foundation found that many farmers need to be more aware of tiredness and realise how excessively long hours can play into the risks when farming. Almost seven in ten (69%) of those surveyed, identified tiredness as a major risk with most having taken, or seen others take, risks due to being tired. Unfortunately, in farming, 15-hour days are seen as normal but, with 89% of farmers wanting advice on how to combat fatigue, the Farm Safety Foundation did a call out on social media for farmer’s top tips to dealing with tiredness which include giving up alcohol for the two weeks before any busy time like lambing or staying hydrated and grabbing 40 winks after lunch – the full list will be revealed during the week. [URL='https://www.yellowwellies.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Stephanie-Berkeley.jpg'][IMG]https://www.yellowwellies.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Stephanie-Berkeley.jpg[/IMG][/URL] Stephanie Berkeley, Manager, Farm Safety Foundation According to Stephanie Berkeley, Farm Safety Foundation manager: However, those risks change day-to-day and next time things might not work out the same way. We want to encourage those living and working in the industry to rethink risk, to carry out risk assessments and most importantly put in controls that suit the circumstances of any busy farm. This is why Farm Safety Week is still so important. Over the past nine years, we have been very privileged to have an opportunity to bring together a wide range of organisations and individuals who really do care about the issue and want to drive safety forwards. We need to engage with farmers of all ages to challenge and change attitudes and ultimately make our farms safer places to work.” [/QUOTE]
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