Pre-Harvest Safety Advice
As workload, time pressure and working hours increase, our perception and awareness of the risks around us can be reduced.
As workload, time pressure and working hours increase, our perception and awareness of the risks around us can be reduced.
Serious and fatal accidents can arise from work activities associated with incorrect stacking and unsafe storage of bales.
There are regular investigations into incidents involving cattle and members of the public in England and Wales, with some accidents leading to serious injury or even death.
This time of the year provides a great opportunity to get organised, tick-off those pre-summer jobs and get your farm machinery ready for the go ahead before the rush of summer and harvest time begins.
Lambing is the busiest time of the sheep farmers’ year. Longer than normal working hours combined with a vastly increased workload can lead to Health and Safety short-cuts.