NFU promotes farm safety with ‘Take 5 to Stay Alive’ campaign
18th July 2023
In support of Yellow Wellies’ eleventh Farm Safety Week, the NFU has launched its ‘Take 5 to Stay Alive’ campaign encouraging farmers to pause and evaluate the risks before starting a job to prevent life-changing and fatal accidents.
The campaign aims to initiate a positive change in attitude towards farm safety and protect those working in an agricultural setting by highlighting the difference a five-minute pause can make in avoiding a tragedy.
By thinking about the safety precautions before starting a job, farmers may remember to put on their seatbelt and engage the Safe Stop principle when using a vehicle, wear a helmet when riding an ATV or stay vigilant when working at height or with livestock, all actions that can potentially save lives.
NFU Vice President David Exwood said: “People are our most valuable assets, and we should all be thinking about our safety on farm 365 days a year.
“But Yellow Wellies’ Farm Safety Week is an excellent way for us to come together, raise awareness and share practical advice about how to look after ourselves and each other out in the field. We all have to talk more about safety.
“Our new campaign, ‘Take 5 to Stay Alive’, gets to the core of this year’s theme of ‘Farm Safety Starts with Me’. We all know the main causes of on-farm accidents. By taking a few seconds to think before we start a job, it gives us chance to put in place those small, cost effective, life-saving actions which can stop tragic incidents from happening.
“Five minutes or even five seconds could save a life or stop a life-changing accident. By making this small behavioural change, we are protecting the most important part of our businesses – ourselves.”
Yellow Wellies’ Farm Safety week runs from 17-21 July 2023.
