Farm Safety

A worker has died after falling from an unsecured wooden crate lifted by a forklift truck.

A TikTok video showing a young child being lifted on the front of a telehandler has been widely condemned by industry.

The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has highlighted the severe dangers of poorly maintained farm equipment and buildings following an electrocution tragedy in which a woman was killed.

Police said it should serve as a warning to motorists to make sure they secured their loads

Farmers’ Union of Wales (FUW) has urged industry to take safety seriously after the high number of people killed on farmers in 2020 reveals the ‘harrowing reality’ of how dangerous farming can be.

A farmer has died after being crushed in a tractor incident.

A farm worker has died after unstrapping bales loaded onto a flat-bed vehicle.

A farmer has died after he was hit by a livestock wagon at a cattle mart in Yorkshire.

A Welsh farmer has fallen 40 metres into a quarry while checking livestock and is in a ’serious but stable condition’.

Farmers have been urged to take extra caution when operating machinery and driving on roads following industry concerns about darker nights and reduced visibility.