Machinery
Cost of tractor fires soars to £19 million in the UK
Overloaded battery terminals are behind an increasing number of tractor fires, an investigation of almost 1,000 carried out by rural...
Farm Safety
Rural Life
NFU reinforces advice for farmers on working safely at height
The National Farmers’ Union (NFU) is working with the Farm Safety Partnership (FSP) and farmers and growers across the country...
Rural Life
HSENI launches its third Farm Safe Essential message ‘Give Slurry Space’
The Health and Safety Executive of Northern Ireland (HSENI) has launched its third Farm Safe Essential message, ‘Give Slurry Space’,...
N.Ireland
Bereaved mum turned trailer campaigner to speak out in farm safety webinar
A woman whose 19-year-old son was killed by a grain trailer with faulty brakes is to speak at a farm...
N.Ireland
Country girl launches campaign for government to fund NI’s air ambulance
A friend of teenager Ellie McDonnell, who was rescued by Northern Ireland’s Air Ambulance but sadly passed away a year...
Rural Life
26-year-old's death on Cumbria farm determined to be accidental
The death of 26-year-old who was crushed between a bale and a wall on a Cumbria farm has been determined...
N.Ireland
HSENI to take new approach to farm safety messaging
Northern Ireland’s Health and Safety Executive (HSENI) is to take a simpler and snappier approach to its farm safety campaign....
N.Ireland
Farmers reminded: ‘Just one lungful of slurry gas can kill’
There are additional risks just now with farmers and contractors busy working with animals, making silage and spreading fertiliser and...
N.Ireland
Appeal for awareness made following 16 farm fatalities on island of Ireland
With the ongoing high rate of fatal farm accidents in 2020, four ministers from the Republic of Ireland and Northern...
N.Ireland
Child airlifted and 5 others injured in crash involving tractor and silage trailer
Five people have been injured and a child airlifted to hospital following an incident involving a tractor drawing a silage...
N.Ireland
HSENI launches farm safety poster competition following recent incidents involving children
The Health and Safety Executive for Northern Ireland (HSENI) has launched a poster competition for children to promote farm safety...
Rural Life
Webinar to share tips on making health and safety work for the farm
British dairy farmers are being encouraged to tune into a practical 30-minute health and safety webinar after data reveals their...
Rural Life
Calls for zero-tolerance approach for TikTok ‘pranks’
Recent videos to emerge on social media platforms such as TikTok have prompted an angry and concerned response from industry...
Rural Life
Second man dies after Monmouthshire water buffalo incident
Gwent Police has confirmed a second man has died following a farm accident involving water buffalo near Usk, Monmouthshire. Officers were...
N.Ireland
Farmers urged to reduce risks as Northern Ireland’s Air Ambulance is grounded
Farmers in Northern Ireland have been urged to take extra measures to reduce their risk of an accident while working....
Rural Life
School closures raise farm safety concerns
The Farm Safety Foundation is highlighting the link between the closure of schools and the need for a clear focus...
N.Ireland
Avoid Harm on the Farm: 2020 NI children’s farm safety calendar launched
A farm safety calendar competition received entries from more than 3,800 school children from across Northern Ireland. The chief executive...
Rural Life
New Australian law will jail farm invaders for up to a year
A proposed new law in the Australian state of South Australia will create a new offence whereby animal rights activists...
