The law says vehicles (tractors, farm vehicles and workplace transport) should be able to move around safely, be properly maintained and operators should be adequately trained. this page outlines what you need to do and what you need to know.
May 23rd, 2012 | Posted in Automotive, Headline, Horse, POLICE STORY, RETRO, Weapons | No Comments
The owner of a Bedfordshire farm has been prosecuted for failing to complete legally required documentation in relation to safe working near overhead power cables.
May 18th, 2012 | Posted in Automotive, Headline, Horse, POLICE STORY, RETRO, Weapons | No Comments
A Kent farmer has been prosecuted for storing and using an illegal pesticide that was sprayed on a crop of pears.
May 8th, 2012 | Posted in Automotive, Headline, Horse, POLICE STORY, RETRO, Weapons | No Comments
A Shropshire egg supplier has been prosecuted after a female worker suffered serious foot injuries falling through a hole in the floor of a poultry barn.
May 4th, 2012 | Posted in Automotive, Headline, Horse, POLICE STORY, RETRO, Weapons | No Comments
A North Devon farming business has been prosecuted for safety failings after a worker fractured his skull falling from the prong of a forklift truck at an animal feed mill.
May 2nd, 2012 | Posted in Automotive, Headline, Horse, POLICE STORY, RETRO, Weapons | No Comments
A Church Broughton man has been fined after an employee suffered life-changing injuries when his quad bike overturned at a farm in Derbyshire.
May 1st, 2012 | Posted in Automotive, Headline, Horse, POLICE STORY, RETRO, Weapons | No Comments
A Montrose farming partnership has been fined after two agricultural workers were severely injured when a telescopic handler went out of control, fell down a steep bank and came to rest at the top of a cliff.
April 26th, 2012 | Posted in Automotive, Headline, Horse, POLICE STORY, RETRO, Weapons | No Comments
A Montrose farming partnership has been fined after two agricultural workers were severely injured when a telescopic handler went out of control, fell down a steep bank and came to rest at the top of a cliff.
April 26th, 2012 | Posted in Automotive, Headline, Horse, POLICE STORY, RETRO, Weapons | No Comments
A Worksop man has been fined after an employee was crushed to death when a tractor overturned and landed on him.
April 17th, 2012 | Posted in Automotive, Headline, Horse, POLICE STORY, RETRO, Weapons | No Comments
A Lancashire animal feed firm has been sentenced after an employee lost one of his fingers in machinery.
March 30th, 2012 | Posted in Automotive, Headline, Horse, POLICE STORY, RETRO, Weapons | No Comments
A Lancashire animal feed firm has been sentenced after an employee lost one of his fingers in machinery.
March 30th, 2012 | Posted in Automotive, Headline, Horse, POLICE STORY, RETRO, Weapons | No Comments
A Dorset dairy has been prosecuted after an employee was injured when his arm was pulled into a slurry separator.
March 29th, 2012 | Posted in Automotive, Headline, Horse, POLICE STORY, RETRO, Weapons | No Comments
A worker employed to clear out an industrial chicken shed lost his arm after it became trapped in unguarded machinery.
March 29th, 2012 | Posted in Automotive, Headline, Horse, POLICE STORY, RETRO, Weapons | No Comments
How does Control of Substances Hazardous to Health (COSHH) affect you in your industry? Select your industry to view key messages and how COSHH affects you.
March 26th, 2012 | Posted in Automotive, Headline, Horse, POLICE STORY, RETRO, Weapons | No Comments
Answers to some of the frequently asked questions on training requirements in agriculture.
March 21st, 2012 | Posted in Automotive, Headline, Horse, POLICE STORY, RETRO, Weapons | No Comments
A countryside management firm has been sentenced over the death of a father-of-four in Barrow-in-Furness, who was struck by a piece of metal that flew off a strimmer at high speed.
March 12th, 2012 | Posted in Automotive, Headline, Horse, POLICE STORY, RETRO, Weapons | No Comments
The owner of racing stables in North Yorkshire has been prosecuted after a yard worker fell more than three metres through a skylight in a stable block.
February 29th, 2012 | Posted in Automotive, Headline, Horse, POLICE STORY, RETRO, Weapons | No Comments
This report summarises the fatalities, investigated by inspectors from the Health and Safety Executive, reported in the agricultural sector in Britain between 1 April 2010 and 31 March 2011. It also highlights trends and indicates key points in fatalit…
February 27th, 2012 | Posted in Automotive, Headline, Horse, POLICE STORY, RETRO, Weapons | No Comments
The examples show how other small and medium-sized businesses have approached risk assessment. If you can’t find your industry listed, pick the one closest to it and adapt it for your own workplace.
February 20th, 2012 | Posted in Automotive, Headline, Horse, POLICE STORY, RETRO, Weapons | No Comments
HSE has put together some ‘before-and-after’ interactive case studies to help you think and talk about vehicle safety in the workplace. They are all based on events that our inspectors have reported.
February 7th, 2012 | Posted in Automotive, Headline, Horse, POLICE STORY, RETRO, Weapons | No Comments