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Not All Fun at the Farm - Kelly Langworthy & Rebecca Bowley, Ringrose Law

13/07/15. The farming industry represents approximately 1.8% of the workforce in Great Britain and being a famer or a farm hand is renowned for being a hazardous occupation. Farm Safety Week recently took place between 6th and 10th July 2015. This is an initiative led by the Farm Safety Foundation annually and is supported by a number of organisations. The focus is on providing practical advice and guidance on a number of topics to farmers and their workers.

Despite a big focus on safety in the industry, farming and agriculture remains one of the most risky industries in the UK with the highest risk of fatal injuries.

The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) have recently released provisional statistics for fatal accidents in the workplace for 2014/15. The figures show that 33 workers (14 of whom were employees and 19 were self-employed) were killed on farms, between 1st April 2014 and 31st March 2015, in addition to 4 members of the public.

Overall, the rate of fatal injuries in agriculture was calculated as 9.12 per 100,000 workers, compared to 1.62 per 100,000 workers in construction and 0.55 in manufacturing. The rate of fatal injuries in agriculture remains higher than any other industry. Over the past 5 years, the average number of people killed in agriculture per year is...

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