Alarming gaps in farmer safety knowledge

摘要

Agriculture is the most dangerous UK industry to work in, with an average of 40-50 people killed every year. But despite recent high-profile campaigns, farmers are still not taking health and safety seriously enough. In a recent survey of farmer attitudes towards health and safety, 68% of respondents said that they knew someone who had had an accident at work, while 35% knew someone who had died as a result. However, more than half of the 368 employers who responded to the survey did not have a documented health and safety policy, including arrangements for managing safety effectively.