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Farms: Accidents

Answer

The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) investigates reported fatal and selected non-fatal injuries and complaints made about poor health and safety practices on farms.HSE also actively promotes health and safety on farms through a programme of farming safety and health awareness days (SHADs) in England, Scotland and Wales. SHADs are half-day training events based on practical demonstrations of everyday hazards faced by farmers, farming families and workers. The events target family farmers, the self-employed and those employing up to four people.Formally, HSE promotes health and safety in the industry through the work of its Agriculture Industry Advisory Committee. This committee provides a mechanism for bringing together and consulting with the industry and for helping to set priorities to promote the attitudinal and cultural changes required if there is to be sustainable improvement in the industry's health and safety performance.Over the past 12-15 months, HSE has specifically been working in partnership with the key industry stakeholders and, among other things, is supporting the Farm Industry Safety Partnerships led by the National Farmers Union (NFU) and the similar group in Wales led by NFU Cymru. HSE is currently exploring the scope for further partnership working in Scotland with NFU Scotland and other stakeholders. These partnerships are actively developing a range of activities and initiatives to promote health and safety through their respective memberships.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

95721; 540 c885-7W

Session

2010-12

Subjects

Accidents Farms Safety

Link

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