Farm Accidents

The National Association of Agricultural Contractors (NAAC) is asking contractors and farmers why they would not wear an ATV helmet. In a follow-up to the #WearItandShareIt campaign when the NAAC invited social media users to photos of themselves wearing a helmet, this new campaign emphasises there really are no excuses. 

Cambridgeshire Fire and Rescue Service shared a shocking photo of a burnt-out tractor and its trailer following an incident last weekend. 

A Welsh farmer died after an overfilled animal feed bin toppled over on him and his son, an inquest has found. 

A farm worker from Cumbria died after getting out of a tractor which then began to move and collided with him, an inquest heard. 

An eight-year-old boy died after he was shot in the head and face on a farm in Cumbria. 

Tributes have been paid to a Welsh farmer who was found dead in a slurry tank after he was reported missing. 

A Lancashire farmer has cheated death after crashing into an electricity pole and bringing down overhead electricity lines carrying 6,600 volts.  

1.5 tonnes of sugar pulp have caught fire at the British Sugar factory in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk. 

A 10-year-old boy, Thomas Bull, was crushed to death by a quadbike after taking the vehicle without his parents’ permission, an inquest heard. 

The HSE has been notified of 13 farm deaths since 1st April, with eight deaths linked to transport.

A tractor driver has been airlifted to hospital following a crash in North Yorkshire.

Tributes have been paid to a six-year-old boy, Joe Hegarty, who was killed in a quad bike accident on a farm in Northern Ireland.