blm – HSE PUTS FARMING IN THE SPOTLIGHT

The latest figures released by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) revealed farm deaths have almost doubled in the last 12 months, with 41 people killed on farms compared against 21 in the previous 12 months. Of those deaths, 34 were farm workers and seven were members of the public, including two children. To put this into context, the fatality rate in the agriculture sector over the last five years is almost 20 times as high as the all-industry average.