Rural Life
Bristol fencing manufacturer fined £35,000 after employee death
A Bristol fencing manufacturer and the owner of the yard where the business operates, have been fined four years on...
HSE
Rural Life
Farmers warned to be wary of scam emails about farm inspections
The National Farmers’ Union (NFU) East Midlands has warned farmers to be on the lookout for scam emails from people...
N.Ireland
Kerry TD ‘disgusted’ at ending of travel to north for medical procedures
An independent TD has said that he is “disgusted and horrified” by the politics surrounding the cross border medical scheme....
Rural Life
Farm injury and fatality figures have gone down in the last 12 months - HSE
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has published its annual report on injury and ill health in the agriculture sector...
Rural Life
Feed processing company fined £140,000 after employee sustains serious injury
An animal feed processing company has been fined following an incident where part of an employee’s arm was severed by...
Rural Life
Farm Safety Week: Farming still Britain's most deadly occupation
Figures released in time for Farm Safety Week reveal that while the numbers of people killed on Britain’s farms have...
Rural Life
Man killed and 6-year-old injured in Cornwall incidents
A 38-year-old motorcyclist has lost his life and a six-year-old girl left injured in two separate incidents involving farm vehicles in...
Rural Life
Farming Business fined after employee crushed by concrete beam
A Kent farm has been fined after one of its employees fell from a trailer and was crushed to death...
Rural Life
Agricultural haulage company fined after driver falls from trailer
A Highland agricultural haulage firm has been fined £8,000 after a driver fell from a trailer sustaining severe injuries. Perth Sheriff...
Agri-Business
Dairy farm fined after employee blinded by disinfectant chemicals
A Buckinghamshire dairy farm has been fined following an incident in which an employee was permanently blinded by corrosive cleaning...
Agri-Business
Egg farm fined £60,000 following forklift accident
A Chorley egg farm and packing business has been fined £60,000 this week after a forklift truck overturned on a...
Rural Life
Farmer fined after retired farmworker dies in telescopic handler accident
A Yorkshire farming partnership has been forced to pay more than £28,000 after its former farmworker was knocked down and...
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...
Rural Life
4-year-old boy killed in Lancashire farm accident
The family of a four-year-old boy tragically killed in a farm accident Lancashire have said tractors and animals were his...
Rural Life
Industry fatality figures: 32 killed on UK farms in 2018-19
32 people lost their lives working on British farms over the last 12 months new figures released today show. The...
Agri-Business
Grain store company fined 6-figure sum after worker fatally struck by lorry
A grain store company has been fined a six-figure sum following the death of a worker at its site in...
Rural Life
Farmer fined after worker dies from roof fall
A farmer has been fined following a worker’s fatal fall through the fragile roof of a milking parlour. Mold Magistrates’...
Agri-Business
Animal feed firm fined £15,000 after unsafe pellet press crushes worker's hand
A Devon animal feed manufacturer has been fined after an employee’s hand was crushed in a pellet press causing life-changing...
