Within the context of health and safety, vehicles that are used on any type of farm, or any type of agricultural work will normally have specific regulations that apply to them. These regulations will apply whether…

Most tractors, and agricultural machinery on a farm will use a wide variety of different implements and attachments to do the different types of work that the farm operates on.
Tractors will continually change…

Workers compensation laws are designed to provide some degree of financial protection or help, in the event that any employee of a business and injured at work, no matter whose fault the injury or fatality may…

Whilst strict regulations had been brought in to stop the exploitation of children and young people in the workplace, farming has a fairly unique environment that does allow for them to do a different number of jobs,…

Although agriculture is considered to be a different area to most other types of businesses, the are still a number of health and safety regulations in force.
These will often differ from standard industrial…

The issue of insurance, and the role of insurance companies, is a very important one in the context of safety for farms and agricultural businesses. Farms present a special difficulty for insurance companies because…

Farm safety – social economic and political factors
The nature of working on a farm and on safety is to an extent conditioned by the fact that farming is often seen as a way of life, rather than as a formal o…

The nature of farming generates a number of areas of workplace activities that can be inherently more risky than similar activities undertaken in an office or factory environment.
Work hours
The length of hours that…