Farm Safety Week: Safety systems in agriculture combat blind spots

Dealing with deadly blind spots around tractors and telehandlers could help to prevent death or serious injury to those who share space with mobile machinery. Geoff Ashcroft looks at examples adopted by the construction industry, to see how their use could make farm life much safer

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Camera systems on loaders can help minimize working blind spots.
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Camera systems on loaders can help minimize working blind spots.

The danger of being struck by farm machinery is an ever-present one. And it doesn't necessarily need to be operating in and around farm yards for a strike to happen. All it takes is a momentary lapse...

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