Farming business fined for multiple health and safety risks
June 26, 2024
A farming business has been fined for multiple health and safety breaches which placed employees and others at risk over many years, in an attempt to cut costs. Read More
Farmer fined after friends had to climb tree to escape cow attack
February 29, 2024
A woman and her friend had to climb up a tree to escape an attack by more than a dozen cows on a public right of way in North Yorkshire. Read More
Livestock focus as HSE campaign bids to improve safety on Britain’s farms
February 20, 2024
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) aims to focus on the dangers of livestock as it relaunches its Your Farm, Your Future campaign this month. Read More
Electricity distributor reproduces safety advice in a range of languages to ‘help save lives’
January 28, 2022
UK Power Networks has reproduced its safety advice in a range of languages to help save lives. Read More
Figures show agriculture remains the worst performing industrial sector
July 23, 2021
HSE has published a report detailing that agriculture has the worst rate of fatal injuries of all the major industrial sectors. Read More
Farming company fined after young worker injured
May 30, 2021
T Cook & Son (Farmers) Ltd has been sentenced for safety breaches after a 17-year-old worker suffered crush injuries to his foot. Read More
Report published into fatal injuries in agriculture, forestry and fishing in Britain
July 27, 2020
The HSE has issued a report that shows agriculture has the one of the worst rates of worker fatal injury in Great Britain. Last year, 21 people were killed in agriculture, one was a child. Read More
Falling bales account for 5% of farm workplace deaths
June 25, 2020
The summer months are a busy time for farmers and contractors, who will be working to make, transport and stack bales of silage, hay and straw. Bales are a vital method of conserving winter feed and providing bedding, but it is also important to remember that these activities have many safety risks. Read More
Farm Safety Partnership urges caution during COVID-19
April 17, 2020
The Farm Safety Partnership (FSP) has urged the farming community to exercise extreme care and attention during these very challenging times. Read More
Suspended sentence for asbestos offences
February 11, 2020
An employer has been sentenced for failing to reduce exposure and spread of asbestos when demolishing a large pig shed. Read More
