Farm Safety Week - Mark Mather: "If farmers cannot learn from what happened to me, it could prove devastating"

Mark Mather was involved in a farming-related incident when a loaded shotgun fired into his right leg

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Mark Mather was 24 years-old when his right leg had to be amputated after a loaded shotgun incident on his farm
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Mark Mather was 24 years-old when his right leg had to be amputated after a loaded shotgun incident on his farm

A farmer described how he was ‘moments from death' after he was involved in a farming-related incident which transformed his life. Mark Mather, from Wooler in Northumberland, had his right leg amputated...

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