Farm safety

We’re taking part in The Farm Safety Crusade, the biggest ever campaign to tackle agriculture’s appalling safety record.

Shocking statistics from the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) show that agriculture is now the UK’s most dangerous industry, with 42 people killed in the year to April 2011. As well as the human cost of this high accident rate, it has a significant impact on NFU Mutual claims costs due to an increase in both the number and cost of claims.

We’re taking a leading role in the campaign, with a range of initiatives including safety qualifications, farm safety events and safety exhibits at agricultural events with experts, such as staff engineers, providing safety advice to farmers.

Did you know?

The most common accidents occurring within the Agricultural industry are falls from height and those involving transport and machinery.
Over a 10-year period, a total over 435 people have been killed as a result of agricultural work activities – that’s almost 1 death every week.
The majority of accidents can be avoided or reduced by putting simple health and safety measures into place.

Test your knowledge!

The help support the messages above, we have devised two Farm Safety Quizzes to help educate our members on all the issues and potential hazards that can arise within the agricultural industry and initiate conversations around safety.

Try and have a go at our Farm Safety quiz to see how much you know about the topic. There is also a more technically based Quiz available on the website for you to test your Farm Safety knowledge.

If you want to learn more about Farm Safety, please contact your local agent or visit the HSE website.

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