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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...
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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...
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
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
Wales appoints 2 new farm safety ambassadors
Two new farm safety ambassadors have been appointed to promote health and safety awareness on farms across Wales. Alun Elidyr...
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...
Rural Life
FSP launches second phase of farm safety campaign
The Farm Safety Partnership (FSP) is launching the second phase of its farm safety campaign, which now brings livestock handling...
N.Ireland
NI survey to delve deep into on-farm safety practices
A survey has been launched to capture the reality of farm safety attitudes across Northern Ireland. Facilitated by Northern Ireland’s...
N.Ireland
Farm Safety Partnership presents recognition award
A healthcare trust which runs several programmes for rural and farming families – including drop-in sessions at local marts –...
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....
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
£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...
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
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...
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...
Rural Life
JLS star lends backing to Farm Safety Week campaign
Former JLS star turned farmer JB Gill who now runs his own farm rearing pigs, turkeys and chickens near Kent,...
