Things that would improve farm safety ?

puppet

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Livestock Farmer
Location
sw scotland
Ok here’s a question for those reading this thread. Mentioned to boss a couple of times over the last couple of years “can we get those trailer brakes looked at?” 12t grain/silage/muck trailers. Two need adjusting up they make little difference to you stopping. One has no return springs as there sat on the workshop shelf so can’t be plugged in and another a bale trailer has no brake coupling on the end of the pipe it’s been broken off.

I know The reaction will be refuse to drive it but can anyone honestly say they would refuse when numerous other employees don’t? I don’t think I’d have a job as I wouldn’t be able to do anything!
This case involved a death and ÂŁ7000 costs. The worker put a screwdriver across the solenoid to start it and it ran him over. The fault was reported 4 days before.

HSE Summary - A simple defect, a straightforward remedy. The key people knew of the fault days before and yet completing the job appeared more important than dealing with the risks with some basic maintenance. Could it happen on your farm? Thirty minutes of maintenance can never be worth a persons life.
 

Clive

Staff Member
Arable Farmer
Location
Lichfield
Tried telling OH re possible dangers of cutting open dumpy bags of fert after reading various horror accounts but just got shot down in flames.🤬 I did try, so yet another 'how to improve farm safety ' conundrum.. how to tell those that won't listen?

email then HSE report of someone being killed in such an accident- might make them think ?

When i got my pilots licence I had to attend a 3 day “safety course” to satisfy insurance conditions, it was run by a air accident investigator who went through various accidents and their cause in detail, VERY graphic pictures of accident scenes. Was not pleasant but it seriously changed my attitude towards flying and thinking every detail through very carefully. I can’t help thinking we need something similar in ag ??

Sometimes people need shocking and not protecting from the messy reality
 

Derrick Hughes

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Location
Ceredigion
Fit overhead cable detectors to combines to warn operators of the overhead cables when combining in the dark.
Especially needed if starting to harvest a field at night that you have never been in before.
I make no apologies for mentioning cable detectors a second time, and I can assure members I do not make or sell them.
Could you fit one on top of a hard hat [emoji23]
My problem is lack of concentration, damn things will get me one day
 

Derrick Hughes

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Location
Ceredigion
Who the hell would put a handle there, less than half an inch from the door mold, was lucky not to lose my fingers this morning
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Y Fan Wen

Member
Location
N W Snowdonia
Tried telling OH re possible dangers of cutting open dumpy bags of fert after reading various horror accounts but just got shot down in flames.🤬 I did try, so yet another 'how to improve farm safety ' conundrum.. how to tell those that won't listen?
Imagine me bumbling along a minor road on my way to pick up supplies at the co-op. I pass a field with a tractor and round baler working its way along the rows of forage in the usual manner.
'Hmm, there seems to be someone standing on top of the baler and it looks like he's using a sledge hammer on something. I wonder what the driver thinks of this? Hang on, that 'is' the driver! Oh well, by the length of the row, he's got plenty of time to get back to the cab before he reaches the end.'
I pass by but I wasn't really happy doing so. My journey meant that I went home a different way.
 

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Red Tractor drops launch of green farming scheme amid anger from farmers

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As reported in Independent


quote: “Red Tractor has confirmed it is dropping plans to launch its green farming assurance standard in April“

read the TFF thread here: https://thefarmingforum.co.uk/index.php?threads/gfc-was-to-go-ahead-now-not-going-ahead.405234/
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