Health and Safety
Executive / Commission
Agriculture
With the school holidays now underway, your child is in danger. Roger Nourish, Head of HSE’s Agricultural Sector, provides some timely advice on keeping them safe.
HSE has developed this free interactive software to help farmers carry out a comprehensive health and safety assessment of their farms and to raise the levels of health and safety awareness in the industry. It is aimed at all farmers and farm managers who are responsible for health and safety. Originally produced in 2005, the software and question set has been revised and a new version launched in April 2008 (version number 3.2.2).
The increase in transport activity over the summer traditionally brings an increase in fatal and serious accidents, many of which could be avoided at little or no cost. Parking brakes on tractors are crucial, but recent research suggests about one in eight are defective. They are easy to check and generally simple to adjust - do it now before you get too busy with harvest!
HSE’s new migrant workers website is designed to provide essential information, guidance and advice on workplace health and safety for workers from overseas and their employers. The web pages have been specifically developed to explain how health and safety law protects those working here from overseas. They also provide essential guidance on the roles and responsibilities of employers and workers under British health and safety law. Some parts of the site are available in several languages.
