Workplace accidents can happen in any working environment but some working environments are more dangerous than others. Anywhere where there is heavy machinery or working from heights has a greater potential for serious injury. (more…)
Farm Accidents
Fork lift truck accident leaves worker injured
A worker had to air-lifted to hospital after sustaining serious injuries at work. Emergency services were called at approx. 9.30 am and responded with 2 ambulances and a paramedic response vehicle. After assessing the injured man it was decided that an air ambulance would be necessary due to the severity of the injuries. (more…)
Hay bale crushes farm worker
A farm worker was seriously injured after a bale fell off a tractor onto him seriously injuring his legs and back. (more…)
Farming firm ordered to pay £80,000 after a worker dies in a tractor accident.
The deceased from Somerset was driving a tractor with no seat belt, cab or roll over bar on a sloping field when the accident occurred. (more…)
Farmer loses hand in farm accident
A farmer from Cumbria has lost a hand in freak accident when his hand got caught in a forage harvester. (more…)
Man left in critical condition after farm accident
According to recent reports, a man has been left in a “critical condition” following a farm accident in Flagg, near Buxton, Derbyshire.
Details about the accident are still vague but it is claimed that the man, believed to be in his sixties, was taken to a hospital in Staffordshire following an accident involving a piece of farming machinery. (more…)
Dangerous farm accidents brought into focus
In 2010, based on fatalities per worker, agriculture became the most dangerous industry in the UK. During the last decade, 455 people have died on British farms, contributing to the fearful statistic of almost one death every week. In the same ten years, 1700 people were seriously injured on farms, demonstrating the underestimated danger of working on farms. (more…)
Woman injured in farm accident in critical condition
A woman who was injured in a farm accident last weekend remains critically ill. The 65-year-old became trapped under the bucket attachment of a forklift truck and suffered serious head injuries as a result. (more…)
Farming firm ordered to pay £80,000 after a worker dies in a tractor accident.
The deceased from Somerset was driving a tractor with no seat belt, cab or roll over bar on a sloping field when the accident occurred.
Bristol Crown Court heard staff at the farming firm regularly used the tractor to carry out work at the farm. On the day of the incident, the victim had been checking the cattle, and on the way back the tractor rolled over on a sloping field. (more…)
Fall at work leaves man blind in one eye
A worker suffered serious head injuries which left him blind in one eye following a fall through a fragile barn roof.
The 31-year-old man was carrying out repairs to the roof when a corrugated panel gave way. The worker fell to the concrete floor of the barn and was airlifted to hospital after sustaining multiple fractures to his skull. (more…)
