Farm Safety

Work-related fatigue can be bad for farmers’ health and safety, industry experts have warned.

New data from the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has revealed 41 people were killed on UK farms in 2020/2021, the highest number of deaths in the last five years.

Thirty-four workers lost their lives in agricultural incidents from April 2020 to the end of March 2021, marking a ’shocking’ 70 per cent death toll increase compared to last year, new data from HSE has revealed.

Two farmers from Devon have died within days of each other after being involved in separate farm incidents.

A 23-year-old has died in a tractor-related tragedy.

A farmer is believed to have been crushed to death after he was found next to a tractor with its engine running.

A farmer has died in a tragic slurry incident.

A self-employed worker has died after falling from a cattle shed roof.

An 11-year-old boy has been seriously injured in a farm incident after he fell from a tractor and trapped his leg in a mower. 

A monitor fixed to a crop sprayer prevented the driver from seeing an oncoming cyclist, an inquest heard.