Farm criticised for 'relaxed' safety culture

摘要

A well-known organic farm allowed the use of telehandler buckets as work platforms to become an "acceptable working practice" despite having a suitable riding platform available on site.rnAnthony Cripps, 57, was working as a part-time market gardener at Daylesford Hill Farm near Moreton-in-Marsh, Gloucestershire. On 5 June 2007, Mr Cripps was collecting elderflowers from hedgerows around the farm. He and a colleague were being transported across the farm, while standing inside the bucket of an agricultural telehandler. They had already used the vehicle as a work platform earlier in the day. As they travelled across the field, Mr Cripps fell backwards, out of the bucket, and underneath the vehicle's front wheels. He suffered serious crush injuries and died at the scene.