Farm Accidents News

Police were called to reports of an incident at a farm in the Woodbridge area of east Suffolk.

New details have emerged about the accident in which a tractor fell from a bridge near Wrotham.

The tractor driver was airlifted to hospital with serious injuries after the incident near Wrotham.

Four fire engines attended the blaze, which saw a combine harvester catch fire in a Suffolk field.

New figures released today show that farming continues to have the poorest safety record of any occupation in the UK & Ireland, despite meaningful progress.

A Mercedes ran a red light into the path of a JCB tractor, causing it to veer off the road and into two houses.

The fire started while the tractor was being driven back to the farm, and was fully alight within two minutes of pulling over.

The West Midlands farming community is set to organise “the best send-off” for teenager Harry Moss, who died in a farm machinery accident.

During busy times, such as harvest, it is easy to forget the overhead and underground electricity network is all around. When driving or using agricultural machinery, always be vigilant, plan and look up and around to see what electrical equipment is near you, the UK Power Networks warns.

Family paid tribute to a 14-year-old boy who died after being crushed by heavy machinery on a farm in Malvern, Worcestershire.

A self-employed builder has been ordered to complete 200 hours of unpaid work after a man fell more than 13 feet through a barn roof on a farm in Lancashire. The worker has suffered a brain haemorrhage and multiple fractures.

An East Yorkshire company has been fined more than half a million pounds after an employee’s lower arm was severed when it became entangled in a conveyor.