Rural Life
HSE launches New Year farm safety crackdown
Farmers are being told they must pay closer attention to how they manage farm safety risks or face serious penalties....
Farm Safety
Agri-Business
Workshop foreman fined after running over farm worker in a tractor
A workshop foreman has been fined £1,200 after he struck a farm worker whilst driving a tractor. Peterborough Magistrates’ Court...
Agri-Business
Farm fined £40,000 after worker severely injured in fall from height
A family run farming business has today been fined after an employee sustained severe injuries following a fall from height....
Rural Life
Farm worker freed from under a tractor in Cheshire
A farm worker has escaped with serious injuries after he was trapped beneath a tractor in Burland, Cheshire on Saturday (November 17)....
Rural Life
Aberdeenshire man was second brother to be killed in a farming accident
A 47-year-old Aberdeenshire man who was killed over the weekend is the second in his family to have died in...
N.Ireland
Avoid Harm on the Farm 2019 safety poster winners announced
More than 3,500 children from 98 Northern Ireland schools put pens, pencils and crayons to paper over the last few months to...
Rural Life
1 farm vehicle involved in a level crossing incident every week
Farmers are dicing with death at level crossings, as on average, one incident involving a farming vehicle is reported every...
Environment
Storm Callum: Your 7-point storm repairs safety checklist
With high winds and heavy rain expected throughout the day, Health and Safety Executive Northern Ireland (HSENI) has put together...
Rural Life
Farmers urged to take care on World Mental Health Day
Farmers across the UK have been reminded to speak to those around them and to avoid bottling up their feelings...
N.Ireland
‘Intensive’ farm inspection campaign to begin next week
An intensive farm inspection campaign is set to begin on Monday, October 1, with a special focus on working safely...
Rural Life
Man severely injured in accident with grain auger
A man has been severely injured in an accident on a farm in Yorkshire, according to North Yorkshire Fire and...
Rural Life
Farmer urges others to 'take heed' when mixing slurry
One Argyll farmer has attempted to highlight the dangers of the extremely poisonous ‘silent killer’ that is hydrogen sulphide. A video...
Rural Life
Scottish farmers urged to 'make safety a priority'
Farm Safety Partnership Scotland (FSPS) turns its focus on Scotland’s farm safety record which continues to be one of the poorest...
Agri-Business
Farmer who lost arm: 'Hearing the air ambulance was the best sound I have ever heard'
A Warwickshire farmer who was flown to hospital after his arm was ripped off by machinery is urging locals to...
Rural Life
Farmers urged to attend Welsh farm safety event
In the last 10 years, 388 farmers, family members or farm workers have been killed on British farms with 38...
Rural Life
Sussex farmer trampled by own livestock
A Sussex farmer who was found dead in a field was likely trampled to death by his own cattle, police...
Rural Life
Farming firm fined £6,000 after 'serious' threshing machine incident
Devon firm Dullam & Co. (Farmers) has been fined today after a worker was dragged into a reed threshing machine....
Rural Life
£46,000 granted for Welsh Farm Safety promotion 'milestone' in tackling the issue
The announcement that the Wales Farm Safety Partnership will receive £46,000 to promote Health and Safety within the agricultural and...
