Farm Safety

As the cold weather gives way to warmer temperatures this week, farmers are being warned that frozen pipes thawing could cause thousands of pounds worth of damage.

Leading rural insurer NFU Mutual is urging farmers to act now to protect their farms from the devastating impact of storms as winter approaches.  

NFU Mutual, the Department for Transport and vulnerable road user groups have renewed calls for motorists to respect rural roads, as vulnerable road users are disproportionately affected by fatalities and casualties.

A new free course from Lantra aims to ensure the safety of children and those visiting farms who may not be familiar with the environment.

Following a surge in demand for urea fertiliser products, the agronomy firm Hutchinsons issued a reminder to farmers about the safe handling and storage of urea.

The Rail Accident Investigation Branch (RAIB) has issued safety recommendations to Network Rail, HSE and farmers/farm workers after an incident at a user worked crossing in Cambridgeshire.

Figures published today (18th July) show 25 people, including a nine-year-old child, lost their lives on farms over the past year, the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) reports.

Did you know that two people die or are seriously injured each year in the UK when their machinery makes contact with overhead power lines?

High speed winds are expected to strike this Friday (18th) and the Met Office has issued a red weather warning for south west England and South Wales.

Lancashire Constabulary has confirmed three arrests have been made following a bridge collapse on a farm that killed one person and hospitalised two others.

Lancashire Police were called to the scene following reports of a serious accident on Tuesday (18th January).

Forty-two-year-old farmer Jonathan Willis thanked the emergency services and Addenbrooke’s Hospital surgical teams who saved him last year, after he dodged death by mere millimetres when he was accidentally impaled by a forklift tine.