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‘Over 40 people have died on farms – it’s time to make a change’ – FUW

December 21, 2020

Over 40 people have been killed on farms in the UK this year according to fatality notifications from the Health Service Executive (HSE),…

HSENI releases 42,000 ‘Avoid Harm on the Farm’ child safety calendars

December 14, 2020

N.Ireland

The Chief Executive of the Health and Safety Executive for Northern Ireland (HSENI), Robert Kidd, has launched the ‘Avoid Harm on the Farm’…

Two-thirds of speed-related deaths in NI took place on rural roads

November 16, 2020

N.Ireland

Over two-thirds of people killed in speed-related crashes in Northern Ireland in the last five years were killed on rural roads, according to…

Guide published to improve safety of tractor-trailer braking

November 13, 2020

Machinery

An updated edition of the ‘Look Behind You’ guide to tractor-trailer braking has been published by the Agricultural Engineers Association (AEA). Released today…

Farm injury and fatality figures have gone down in the last 12 months – HSE

November 10, 2020

Rural Life

The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has published its annual report on injury and ill health in the agriculture sector for 2019/2020. It…

Cost of tractor fires soars to £19 million in the UK

October 9, 2020

Machinery

Overloaded battery terminals are behind an increasing number of tractor fires, an investigation of almost 1,000 carried out by rural insurer NFU Mutual…

NFU reinforces advice for farmers on working safely at height

October 6, 2020

Rural Life

The National Farmers’ Union (NFU) is working with the Farm Safety Partnership (FSP) and farmers and growers across the country to reduce the…

HSENI launches its third Farm Safe Essential message ‘Give Slurry Space’

October 5, 2020

Rural Life

The Health and Safety Executive of Northern Ireland (HSENI) has launched its third Farm Safe Essential message, ‘Give Slurry Space’, which offers guidance…

Bereaved mum turned trailer campaigner to speak out in farm safety webinar

September 28, 2020

N.Ireland

A woman whose 19-year-old son was killed by a grain trailer with faulty brakes is to speak at a farm safety webinar, tonight…

Country girl launches campaign for government to fund NI’s air ambulance

September 24, 2020

N.Ireland

A friend of teenager Ellie McDonnell, who was rescued by Northern Ireland’s Air Ambulance but sadly passed away a year later, has called…

26-year-old’s death on Cumbria farm determined to be accidental

September 9, 2020

Rural Life

The death of 26-year-old who was crushed between a bale and a wall on a Cumbria farm has been determined to be an…

HSENI to take new approach to farm safety messaging

August 14, 2020

N.Ireland

Northern Ireland’s Health and Safety Executive (HSENI) is to take a simpler and snappier approach to its farm safety campaign. The series will…

Farmers reminded: ‘Just one lungful of slurry gas can kill’

June 24, 2020

N.Ireland

There are additional risks just now with farmers and contractors busy working with animals, making silage and spreading fertiliser and slurry, authorities in…

Appeal for awareness made following 16 farm fatalities on island of Ireland

June 24, 2020

N.Ireland

With the ongoing high rate of fatal farm accidents in 2020, four ministers from the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland have issued…

Child airlifted and 5 others injured in crash involving tractor and silage trailer

June 2, 2020

N.Ireland

Five people have been injured and a child airlifted to hospital following an incident involving a tractor drawing a silage trailer in Co.…

HSENI launches farm safety poster competition following recent incidents involving children

May 31, 2020

N.Ireland

The Health and Safety Executive for Northern Ireland (HSENI) has launched a poster competition for children to promote farm safety following a number…