Farmers in Cumbria are being told they must pay closer attention to how they manage workplace risk or face serious penalties.
The Health and Safety Executive’s (HSE) programme of inspections will review health and safety standards on farms across the county, and the industry is being reminded that the inspections will soon begin.
The inspections will ensure those responsible for protecting themselves and workers are doing the right things to comply with the law and prevent death, injury and ill-health. If they are not HSE will not hesitate to use enforcement to bring about improvements.
Throughout the inspection initiative, inspectors will be checking that risks are being controlled in specific areas including; machinery, falls from height, children and livestock.
Latest figures show 39 people were killed in agriculture across Britain in 2018/19.
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