Prioritise machinery maintenance for safe silage making

NFU Mutual is urging farmers to prioritise safety as first-cut silage gets underway across the South West and UK.

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The warning comes as last year’s Health and Safety Executive (HSE) statistics on fatal farm accidents show the risks of working with tractors and other farm vehicles.

Of the 27 people tragically killed in farm accidents last year, nine of the deaths related to transport, including operating agricultural vehicles or machinery, runover incidents, rollover incidents and crush incidents. A further two fatal accidents involved machinery and PTO shafts.