Injuries and illness can ruin lives and businesses. Solutions are often simple and cheap and the people best placed to make farms safer are farmers and their employees.
Health and safety is a fundamental requirement for any business and should be regarded as an essential part of farm business management.
Taking risks is an underlying problem in the industry and those working on their own are especially vulnerable along with children and older farmers.
Useful Resources
- Manual handling in agriculture
- Managing dust in agriculture
- Working in the sun in agriculture
- Using telehandlers in agriculture
- Employing children and young people (nibusinessinfo.co.uk)
- Work Right Agriculture - Work Right to Keep Britain Safe (workrightcampaign.gov.uk)
- Employing Agricultural Contractors
- Workshop Safety