N.Ireland
HSENI: Attitudes on farm safety and risk-taking need ‘major rethink’
The Health and Safety Executive for Northern Ireland (HSENI) has said that this year’s statistics on farm deaths and accidents...
Farm Safety Week
Rural Life
New signs raise awareness of walking through fields with cattle
NFU Mutual has produced new signs that farmers can use to caution members of the public walking on their land...
Beef
Farm Safety Week: Farmers urged to review safety measures
Ulster Farmers’ Union (UFU) president William Irvine is encouraging farmers to review safety measures on their farm and work out...
N.Ireland
Child Farm Safety Week takes place across NI
This week is Child Farm Safety Week in Northern Ireland, and the HSENI’s Agriculture team are extremely busy visiting rural...
Other
The Best farm safety advice
As former captain of the Ireland rugby team, Rory Best knows what pressure feels like - to have to get...
N.Ireland
Farm Safety Week: The onus is on us to make sure kids are safe
Farmers and contractors have been warned that the onus is on them to ensure children are kept safe on farms....
Rural Life
Farm Safety Week: Farmers reminded to leave their phones down when driving
Farmers and crofters are being asked to set down their mobiles this Farm Safety Week and take more care in...
Opinion
Farm Safety Week: 'It's hard to deny farming is the only UK industry which kills children in the workplace'
Farm Safety Week for 2020 may be nearly over, but vigilance must continue throughout the whole year writes NFU Scotland...
Rural Life
3 in 5 farm vets report being injured on the job in the last year
The British Veterinary Association (BVA) is urging farmers and veterinarians to develop robust on-farm health and safety procedures after it...
Rural Life
Farmers urged to ramp up safety efforts for Farm Safety Week
Farmers across the country have been urged to ramp up their efforts to make health and safety a priority in...
Rural Life
Farm Safety Week: Scotland sees Britain's largest farm death increase
More needs to be done across Scotland to tackle the death rate in agriculture, as it is revealed 13 people...
N.Ireland
NI’s Air Ambulance soars one year on…but how many rescues were farming related?
Around one in 10 air ambulance call-outs in Northern Ireland over the last year have been related to farming incidents,...
Agri-Business
Farm Safety Week: Seeing a worker thrown to the ground was the first sign I had hit a power line
Today marks the last day of Farm Safety Week, with one Fife farmer talking about the dangers of overhead power...
Rural Life
Common hand injuries on the farm and how to avoid them
The British Society for Surgery of the Hand brings together multidisciplinary specialists to ensure patients with injured and disordered hands...
Rural Life
Farm Safety Week: Mind your head as much as your body
Yesterday’s Farm Safety Week stories stressed the importance of protecting your head when you’re on a quad. But it’s not...
N.Ireland
Safety chief pens open letter urging farmers to think ‘SAFE’
The head of Northern Ireland’s Health and Safety Executive, Keith Morrison, has penned an open letter urging farmers to take...
Rural Life
5 things you should think about every time you jump on the quad
This Farm Safety Week farmers are being asked to take a few minutes to consider how to make their workplace...
Rural Life
Farm Safety Week: Lanark woman left with broken bones after farm quad accident
Quad bikes can be a useful piece of equipment on any farm, but when not used properly or with the...
