As we have seen, the rise in the numbers of general public visiting our beautiful countryside has grown over lockdown and unfortunately farming activities can pose risks to you, your workers, and also to any contractors or visitors – including walkers, hikers and cyclists. Public safety should be a part of your overall health and
Making your farm a safer place to work and live doesn’t have to cost a fortune. In fact, a tidy up of the yard can reap real benefits in terms of saving time, saving costs and most importantly, saving lives… • Regularly walk around your farm and assess the potential dangers. • If you want
As we’ve seen today, making your farm a safer place to work and live doesn’t have to cost a fortune. In an industry that, this year, recorded almost double the number of fatal injuries, we can all agree that it has never been more important to rethink risk and put safety first. As the UK’s
… but not doing it could cost you your life! Many farmers are happy to invest in their land, livestock and machinery but as we know, they are often reluctant to invest in themselves and their safety: It costs too much I can’t afford it Farming has the poorest safety record of any occupation in
Work-related fatigue can be very bad for your safety and your health and nowhere is this more relevant than in farming! In a recent UK-wide study of 95 farmers we carried out in partnership with our funder NFU Mutual back in April 2021, 69% of respondents identified tiredness as a major risk to farming safely.
Over the years, our Farm Safety Week and Mind Your Head campaigns have become synonymous with impactful social media films that gain high levels of engagement. This year’s 2021 Mind Your Head video “The Living Years” had 614,000 views on social media and our 2020 Farm Safety Week video “Out of The Mouths Of Babes”
Long hours, intense physical labour, low pay and at the mercy of the elements, who’d be a farmer today? Well nearly half a million workers it seems. Yet, for a workforce that accounts for a mere 1% of GB’s working population, the industry accounts for nearly a quarter of all workplace fatal injuries, giving it
Asking for help is not only brave, but also vital for maintaining your mental wellbeing or recovering from and managing a bout of poor mental health. Thanks to the farm and rural support groups across the UK, there is support available for you or someone you know who may be struggling right now. The National
We’ve spoken a lot this week about how important it is to raise awareness of mental health in the industry – the issues that farmers are facing and the crippling burden of poor mental health, particularly for those in crisis situations. Over the past year, the world has seen a high degree of change, isolation,
Something we can all agree on, is that 2020 was a tough year filled with unexpected challenges. Recently we collaborated on a study conducted by the School of Psychology NTSAg at the University of Aberdeen into 182 Scottish farming and rural participants. The study revealed that a predominant issue in mental health described by farmers was