The Farmers Guardian Podcast - James Chapman on farm safety: "We are still not learning from mistakes"

The Farm Safety Foundation's chair of trustees James Chapman discussed the work of Yellow Wellies, how the industry can learn from the past, the risks of not being safe on farm and how being involved in a farm incident has changed his life

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"We are still not learning from mistakes over the past 30+ years and we still have the highest accident rate of any industry. We need to wake up and realise it could happen to anyone."
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"We are still not learning from mistakes over the past 30+ years and we still have the highest accident rate of any industry. We need to wake up and realise it could happen to anyone."

On the podcast, we are joined by the Farm Safety Foundation's chair of trustees James Chapman to mark the valued work of the charity and the importance of keeping safe on farms. If you do not know James,...

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