Health and safety awareness day for farmers
October 1, 2008
A health and safety awareness day is to be held to try and reduce the number of fatal accidents in the Cheshire agricultural industry.
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) is to be involved in the event and will supply training, advice and guidance to attendees.
Farming in Cheshire is affected by an average one death a year, which this hopes to reduce.
Demonstrations of safe practice using farm vehicles, working at height and dealing with animals will be offered, as the HSE has identified these as problem areas.
HM principal inspector for the organisation Andy Gay claims the event will help agricultural workers identify potential health and safety risks and suggest ways to reduce these.
The precautions this event will demonstrate are designed to be inexpensive and cheap to implement, he states.
He says: "This is also an opportunity for agricultural workers to ask questions … which in itself can often help highlight practical and cost effective solutions to health and safety issues."
Last month, Cambridge News reported the HSE had launched an investigation into the death of haulier Gary Darnell, who was crushed while unloading a bale of hay.
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) is to be involved in the event and will supply training, advice and guidance to attendees.
Farming in Cheshire is affected by an average one death a year, which this hopes to reduce.
Demonstrations of safe practice using farm vehicles, working at height and dealing with animals will be offered, as the HSE has identified these as problem areas.
HM principal inspector for the organisation Andy Gay claims the event will help agricultural workers identify potential health and safety risks and suggest ways to reduce these.
The precautions this event will demonstrate are designed to be inexpensive and cheap to implement, he states.
He says: "This is also an opportunity for agricultural workers to ask questions … which in itself can often help highlight practical and cost effective solutions to health and safety issues."
Last month, Cambridge News reported the HSE had launched an investigation into the death of haulier Gary Darnell, who was crushed while unloading a bale of hay.
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