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...
Farm Safety
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...
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,...
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...
Machinery
Quad drivers: Take note before you take off
When people think of farm vehicles, the first ones that come to mind are tractors and all-terrain vehicles (ATVs). These...
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...
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...
