Agriculture and forestry

A goat farm has been ordered to pay £180,000 after a worker stepped out of a corridor into the path of a reversing telehandler and was killed.

Winter storms and slashed budgets combined with a lack of skills and awareness are leading to needless deaths in forestry and arboriculture.

The tragic death of four-year-old Harry Lee on his family farm in Newchurch-in-Pendle has led to IOSH, the Health and Safety Executive, and Harry’s own family to call for a renewed focus on children’s safety in agricultural settings.

A new educational programme that raises awareness of farming risks among children at primary schools in the Republic of Ireland has been launched by the Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture, Food and Marine.

Agriculture is one of the most hazardous industries in the world. On the eve of the release of the latest GB figures, OSH professionals are bracing for a spike in fatalities in an industry renowned for its under-reporting.

Covid disruption, wide scale furloughing of workers and a 10% reduction in weekly hours worked has been accompanied by a 28% year-on-year increase in the number of work-related fatal accidents, according to Great Britain’s annual fatality statistics.

As #FarmSafetyWeek draws to a close, we look at a new report on fatal injuries in agriculture

The owners of a farm have been fined after an employee lost part of his leg when a wall panel trapped him during the build of a silage pit.

A marine fishing company has been fined £50,000 over health and safety offences that led to a crewman’s death nearly five years ago.

A tree surgeon from Devon had emergency surgery on his hand after his finger was sliced off by a log splitting machine.