Information and guidance

This page provides links to sources of information and guidance for those working in the agriculture and associated industries.

• Agriculture leaflets and agriculture information sheets
• Annual reports - Fatal injuries in farming, forestry and horticulture
• Annual reports - Pesticide incidents
• Arb News - Newsletter for arborists and arboricultural companies
• Other agriculture reports and information
• Electrical safety in agriculture
• HSE Campaigns
• Dangerous pathogens
• COSHH Essentials sheets for farmers
  Guidance to help employers (including the self-employed) comply with the Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Regulations 2002 (COSHH), as amended, to control exposure and protect workers’ health

Fatal Injuries in farming, forestry and horticulture

• Fatal Injuries in Farming Forestry and Horticulture 2006/07 [308KB]
• Fatal Injuries in Farming Forestry and Horticulture 2005/06 [836KB]
• Fatal Injuries in Farming Forestry and Horticulture 2004/05 [750KB]
• Fatal Injuries in Farming Forestry and Horticulture 2003/04 [1.1MB]
• Fatal Injuries in Farming Forestry and Horticulture 2002/03 [453KB]
• Fatal Injuries in Farming Forestry and Horticulture 2001/02 [527KB]
• Fatal Injuries in Farming Forestry and Horticulture 2000/01 [1.28MB]
• Fatal Injuries in Farming Forestry and Horticulture 1999/00 [269KB]

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Pesticides Incidents Reports

Arb news

Newsletter of the Agriculture and Food Sector for arborists and arboricultural companies

• Arb News May 2006 [77KB]
• Arb News October 2005 [50KB]
• Arb News October 2004 [45KB]
• Arb News October 2003 [20KB]

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Other agriculture reports and information

• Farm Self Assessment Software - revised version now available
• Guarding of agriculture machinery
• Transport safety - a seasonal reminder
• Migrant workers - HSE launches new website
• Bluetongue vaccination - Farmers urged to take care
• Falls from height - 'Shattered Lives'
• Child safety - Learning from tragedy
• Transport conference
• Risk assessment example – Poultry farm
• Employing workers from overseas (INDG414) [100KB]
• New DVD compilations: Vehicle Safety on Farms and Child Safety
• Sheep dipping: HSE launches revised guidance
• Veterinary medicines: HSE launches revised guidance
• Falls from vehicles: HSE launch major campaign
• Working in the UK from overseas?
• Mechanical condition of agricultural vehicles
• Revised leaflet - "Why fall for it? Preventing falls in agriculture"
• Training and qualifications in health and safety now eligible for CPD points
• Lone working – prosecution following death to a gamekeeper
• Feed blocks – supply of ‘intermediate’ weight products to end
• Forestry update - e-Bulletin 5
• Forestry leaflet – AFAG 804 ‘Electricity at Work: Forestry & Arboriculture’
• Safety and Health Awareness Days (SHADs)
• Confined spaces – Slurry tank fatality
• New HSE Tree Work Website
• Gangmasters Licensing Authority
• Celebrating success – ‘Her Majesty’s Agricultural Inspectorate’ and the ‘Machinery Safety Inspectors’
• Forestry update
• Vocational qualifications - certificates in health and safety (agriculture & horticulture) levels 2 & 3 [220KB]
• E-bulletin report (February/ March 2006) - Child fatalities and major accidents have significantly increased this year.
• Internet buying – is it really that cheap?
• Dust masks – what you need to know
• Lifting equipment – thorough examinations required
• Are you struggling with cattle handling?
• New guidance - Safe cattle handling equipment [189KB]
• Cattle and public access in England and Wales. AIS17EN [41KB]
• Cattle and public access in Scotland. AIS17S [41KB]
• Safe use of LPG on farms
• Report of a conference on occupational health in agriculture - October 2001 [80KB]
• Safety on farms - A shared responsibility [340KB]
• Determination of rope access and work positioning techniques in arboriculture - HSE funded research [473KB]
• HSE prosecution database
• HSE notices database

Child safety leaflets

• Be responsible - keep children safe on your farm [PDF 60KB]
• Be responsible - keep children safe on your farm (Welsh) [PDF 90KB]
• Farms are not playgrounds - 10 ways you can get hurt on the farm [PDF 80KB]
• Farms are not playgrounds - 10 ways you can get hurt on the farm (Welsh) [PDF 150KB]

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HSE Campaigns

• Child safety
• Open farms & E coli 0157
• Worksmart

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Dangerous pathogens

• Infection at work: Controlling the risks - A guide for employers and the self employed on identifying, assessing and controlling the risks of infection in the workplace [136KB]