Case studies

Includes cattle handling, children, contact with machinery, dust, electricity, overhead power lines, falls from height, livestock handling system, manual handling, poultry, transport and treework.

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  1. Are you struggling with cattle handling?https://www.hse.gov.uk/agriculture/cattlehandling.htm
  2. Training, supervision and failing to assess the risks to young personshttps://www.hse.gov.uk/agriculture/experience/young-people-training.htm
  3. Child carried as a passenger in a telescopic materials handler and unrestricted access to farmhttps://www.hse.gov.uk/agriculture/experience/telescopic-materials-handler.htm
  4. Young people working without adequate training or supervisionhttps://www.hse.gov.uk/agriculture/experience/young-people.htm
  5. Failing to assess the risks to childrenhttps://www.hse.gov.uk/agriculture/experience/children-risks.htm
  6. Child working unsupervisedhttps://www.hse.gov.uk/agriculture/experience/unsupervised-child.htm
  7. Children safety (and transport)https://www.hse.gov.uk/agriculture/experience/children-safety.htm
  8. Unsecured heavy objects and childrenhttps://www.hse.gov.uk/agriculture/experience/heavy-objects-children.htm
  9. Child killed by reversing forklift truckhttps://www.hse.gov.uk/agriculture/experience/child-killed-forklift.htm
  10. Fatal ATV overturnhttps://www.hse.gov.uk/agriculture/experience/fatal-atv-overturn.htm
  11. Inadequate supervision and no risk assessmenthttps://www.hse.gov.uk/agriculture/experience/inadequate-supervision.htm
  12. Contractor loses arm on an unguarded PTO shafthttps://www.hse.gov.uk/agriculture/experience/unguarded-pto-shaft2.htm
  13. Unguarded conveyor and supervision of a young personhttps://www.hse.gov.uk/agriculture/experience/unguarded-conveyor.htm
  14. Unguarded Power Take Off (PTO) shaft on a potato diggerhttps://www.hse.gov.uk/agriculture/experience/unguarded-pto-shaft.htm
  15. Isolation of machineshttps://www.hse.gov.uk/agriculture/experience/machine-isolation.htm
  16. Unguarded PTO shaftshttps://www.hse.gov.uk/agriculture/experience/unguarded-pto-shafts.htm
  17. Guard interlockinghttps://www.hse.gov.uk/agriculture/experience/guard-interlocks.htm
  18. Clearing blockageshttps://www.hse.gov.uk/agriculture/experience/clearing-blockages.htm
  19. Unguarded power input connectorhttps://www.hse.gov.uk/agriculture/experience/unguarded-power-input.htm
  20. Check equipment before usehttps://www.hse.gov.uk/agriculture/experience/check-equipment.htm
  21. Lack of training and risk assessment leads to two deathshttps://www.hse.gov.uk/agriculture/experience/lack-of-training-kills-2.htm
  22. All you need to know about disposable dust maskshttps://www.hse.gov.uk/agriculture/dustmasks.htm
  23. Irrigation pipe contacts an OHPLhttps://www.hse.gov.uk/agriculture/experience/irrigation-pipe-electricity.htm
  24. Tipper lorry contacts over head power lines at farmhttps://www.hse.gov.uk/agriculture/experience/overhead-power-line.htm
  25. Lorry drivers and overhead power lines (OHPL)https://www.hse.gov.uk/agriculture/experience/lorries-overhead-power.htm
  26. Telehandler boom contacts OHPLhttps://www.hse.gov.uk/agriculture/experience/boom-contacts-ohpl.htm
  27. Falls through fragile roofshttps://www.hse.gov.uk/agriculture/experience/falls-fragile.htm
  28. Falls through roof lightshttps://www.hse.gov.uk/agriculture/experience/falls-rooflight.htm
  29. Falls from open edgeshttps://www.hse.gov.uk/agriculture/experience/falls-open-edges.htm
  30. Falls from working platforms on vehicleshttps://www.hse.gov.uk/agriculture/experience/falls-platforms.htm
  31. Falls through fragile roofshttps://www.hse.gov.uk/agriculture/experience/falls-ladders.htm
  32. Medium sized beef farmhttps://www.hse.gov.uk/agriculture/experience/livestock-quinney.htm
  33. Large beef herdhttps://www.hse.gov.uk/agriculture/experience/livestock-chalkhill.htm
  34. Medium sized dairy unithttps://www.hse.gov.uk/agriculture/experience/livestock-barnes.htm
  35. Beef herd run on two siteshttps://www.hse.gov.uk/agriculture/experience/livestock-mann.htm
  36. Agriculture Case Study - Manual handlinghttps://www.hse.gov.uk/agriculture/experience/manual-handling.htm
  37. Laying and spreading of compressed bales by handhttps://www.hse.gov.uk/agriculture/experience/poultry/casestudy-1.htm
  38. Blowing bedding directly into the poultry shedhttps://www.hse.gov.uk/agriculture/experience/poultry/casestudy-2.htm
  39. Spreading litter using a drag-boxhttps://www.hse.gov.uk/agriculture/experience/poultry/casestudy-3.htm
  40. Lone working - gamekeeper found dead following accident on an ATVhttps://www.hse.gov.uk/agriculture/experience/lone-working-gamekeeper.htm
  41. ATVs - Training and the use of personal protective equipment (PPE)https://www.hse.gov.uk/agriculture/experience/atv-ppe.htm
  42. Adequate Seatinghttps://www.hse.gov.uk/agriculture/experience/seating.htm
  43. Suitable brakinghttps://www.hse.gov.uk/agriculture/experience/brakes.htm
  44. Poor visibilityhttps://www.hse.gov.uk/agriculture/experience/poor-visibility.htm
  45. Unsafe system through lack of training and maintenance of FLThttps://www.hse.gov.uk/agriculture/experience/forklift-truck.htm
  46. Interference with safety equipmenthttps://www.hse.gov.uk/agriculture/experience/safety-equipment.htm
  47. Lack of training and driver restraining systemshttps://www.hse.gov.uk/agriculture/experience/driver-training-restraining.htm
  48. Lack of formal training and safety helmethttps://www.hse.gov.uk/agriculture/experience/training-safety-helmet.htm
  49. Unmaintained handbrakehttps://www.hse.gov.uk/agriculture/experience/unmaintained-handbrake.htm
  50. Poor traffic managementhttps://www.hse.gov.uk/agriculture/experience/traffic-management.htm
  51. Maintenance of brakeshttps://www.hse.gov.uk/agriculture/experience/maintenance-brakes.htm
  52. Safety through training and maintenancehttps://www.hse.gov.uk/agriculture/experience/training-maintenance.htm
  53. Repairing defectshttps://www.hse.gov.uk/agriculture/experience/repairing-defects.htm
  54. Segregating pedestrians from vehicleshttps://www.hse.gov.uk/agriculture/experience/pedestrians-vehicles.htm
  55. Poor visibility for driver proves fatalhttps://www.hse.gov.uk/agriculture/experience/poor-visibility-driving.htm
  56. All Terrain Vehicles (ATV's)https://www.hse.gov.uk/agriculture/experience/all-terrain-vehicles.htm
  57. Employees & visitors need to be made aware of safety rules at visited siteshttps://www.hse.gov.uk/agriculture/experience/visitors-safety-rules.htm
  58. Felling treeshttps://www.hse.gov.uk/agriculture/experience/felling-trees.htm
  59. Working and tree-climbing without any emergency procedures to carry out an aerial rescuehttps://www.hse.gov.uk/agriculture/experience/aerial-rescue.htm
  60. Use competent contractorshttps://www.hse.gov.uk/agriculture/experience/competent-contractors.htm

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Updated:2023-03-16