Incidents

A Moray farming partnership was fined £13,500 at Elgin Sheriff Court following an incident where a 13-year-old boy fell through the roof of a farm building and sustained serious injuries from which he later died.

Court report

Make the Promise

The HSE campaign, 'Make the promise. Come home safe', aimed at reducing the disproportionately high rate of death and injuries in agriculture has picked up two prizes at a prestigious awards ceremony

More on the award

Make the Promise

Controlling exposure to poultry dust

HSE publication 'Controlling Exposure to Poultry Dust'  gives simple practical advice on how to protect workers’ health on a range of common activities or tasks associated with working with poultry.  Examples of good working practices can be found in the recently published case studies.

Case Studies

Manual handling

A series of Good Practice leaflets aimed at reducing musculo-skeletal disorders (MSDs) in agriculture have been produced by the European Union; following a study carried out on farms in several Member States, including GB.

The tasks covered by the leaflets are:
Milking cows
Tractor driving
Manual harvesting of ground level crops
Pruning
Sorting, grading, packing and harvesting fruit

Further information about the project and copies of the leaflets can be requested or downloaded from the web site

www.agri-ergonomics.eu
 
HSE contact for further information Alastair Mitchell (alastair.mitchell@hse.gsi.gov.uk)

Transport

Farmers are reminded to wear safety belts when driving their tractors.  Not wearing a lap strap or seat restraint puts the driver at greater risk of being thrown from the cab and crushed between the tractor and the ground. They are also putting themselves at risk of serious injury from being thrown around inside the cab.

Safety belts

Safety summit

Industry leaders from across agriculture and horticulture recently gathered at an agricultural summit aimed at substantially improving farm safety.

NFU Summit