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FARM FINED AFTER EMPLOYEE CRUSHED DURING DEMOLITION PROJECT

FARM FINED AFTER EMPLOYEE CRUSHED DURING DEMOLITION PROJECT

Farming partnership, J & D Foster Farms LLP, has been fined following an incident on its farm where a 21-year-old employee was killed whilst dismantling a redundant piece of farming equipment. ...
HSE CALLS ON FARMERS TO MAKE SAFETY A PRIORITY

HSE CALLS ON FARMERS TO MAKE SAFETY A PRIORITY

Britain’s workplace regulator says more must be done to improve farm safety after being notified of four fatalities on farms in just over a fortnight. Fatal incidents the Health and Safety...
AGRICULTURE HAS THE HIGHEST RATES OF FATALITIES

AGRICULTURE HAS THE HIGHEST RATES OF FATALITIES

The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has published a report that reveals agriculture has the worst rate of worker fatal injury in Great Britain. Last year, 21 people were killed in agriculture, one...
New Farming attitudes needed says HSE

New Farming attitudes needed says HSE

Farmers are being told they must pay closer attention to how they manage workplace risk or face serious penalties. The Health and Safety Executive’s (HSE) programme of inspections will review...
Annual injury and ill health statistics release

Annual injury and ill health statistics release

Too many workers in Britain’s workplaces are still being injured or made ill by their work a new report shows. Annual statistics from the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) show 1.4 million...
Lawrence Waterman, Chairman of the British Safety Council.

More needs to be done to protect workers’ lives says British Safety Council

The British Safety Council has pledged to campaign more vigorously for safe and healthy workplaces, as fatalities rise. There were 144 work-related fatalities in Britain during 2017-18, an increase...

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