Beef
The safety of children on farms should be at the forefront of farmers’ minds
The spring-calving season is well under way on farms across the country with over half a million calves already being...
Farm Safety
Machinery
Yamaha to offer free safety training for those who purchase a new Yamaha ATV
Yamaha has pledged to help improve farm safety by offering free All-Terrain Vehicle (ATV) rider competency training from European All-Terrain...
Rural Life
'Over 40 people have died on farms - it’s time to make a change' - FUW
Over 40 people have been killed on farms in the UK this year according to fatality notifications from the Health...
N.Ireland
HSENI releases 42,000 ‘Avoid Harm on the Farm’ child safety calendars
The Chief Executive of the Health and Safety Executive for Northern Ireland (HSENI), Robert Kidd, has launched the ‘Avoid Harm...
N.Ireland
Two-thirds of speed-related deaths in NI took place on rural roads
Over two-thirds of people killed in speed-related crashes in Northern Ireland in the last five years were killed on rural...
Machinery
Guide published to improve safety of tractor-trailer braking
An updated edition of the ‘Look Behind You’ guide to tractor-trailer braking has been published by the Agricultural Engineers Association...
Rural Life
Farm injury and fatality figures have gone down in the last 12 months - HSE
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has published its annual report on injury and ill health in the agriculture sector...
Machinery
Cost of tractor fires soars to £19 million in the UK
Overloaded battery terminals are behind an increasing number of tractor fires, an investigation of almost 1,000 carried out by rural...
Rural Life
NFU reinforces advice for farmers on working safely at height
The National Farmers’ Union (NFU) is working with the Farm Safety Partnership (FSP) and farmers and growers across the country...
Rural Life
HSENI launches its third Farm Safe Essential message ‘Give Slurry Space’
The Health and Safety Executive of Northern Ireland (HSENI) has launched its third Farm Safe Essential message, ‘Give Slurry Space’,...
N.Ireland
Bereaved mum turned trailer campaigner to speak out in farm safety webinar
A woman whose 19-year-old son was killed by a grain trailer with faulty brakes is to speak at a farm...
N.Ireland
Country girl launches campaign for government to fund NI’s air ambulance
A friend of teenager Ellie McDonnell, who was rescued by Northern Ireland’s Air Ambulance but sadly passed away a year...
N.Ireland
Country girl launches campaign for government to fund NI’s air ambulance
A friend of teenager Ellie McDonnell, who was rescued by Northern Ireland’s Air Ambulance but sadly passed away a year...
Rural Life
26-year-old's death on Cumbria farm determined to be accidental
The death of 26-year-old who was crushed between a bale and a wall on a Cumbria farm has been determined...
N.Ireland
HSENI to take new approach to farm safety messaging
Northern Ireland’s Health and Safety Executive (HSENI) is to take a simpler and snappier approach to its farm safety campaign....
N.Ireland
HSENI to take new approach to farm safety messaging
Northern Ireland’s Health and Safety Executive (HSENI) is to take a simpler and snappier approach to its farm safety campaign....
N.Ireland
Farmers reminded: ‘Just one lungful of slurry gas can kill’
There are additional risks just now with farmers and contractors busy working with animals, making silage and spreading fertiliser and...
N.Ireland
Appeal for awareness made following 16 farm fatalities on island of Ireland
With the ongoing high rate of fatal farm accidents in 2020, four ministers from the Republic of Ireland and Northern...
