Norwich Union has supported the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) in producing an updated version of Farmwise: Your essential guide to health and safety in agriculture.
Norwich Union has supported the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) in producing an updated version of Farmwise: Your essential guide to health and safety in agriculture.
It provides practical health and safety guidance to farming and horticulture businesses as well as acting as a useful training and reference aid for brokers.
By following the guide, readers can learn to effectively manage health and safety, comply with the law and carry out risk assessments. Aimed at both those responsible for running a farming business and people working on farms, it is designed to encourage everyone in agriculture to tackle health and safety issues.
David Bruce, product manager at Norwich Union, said: "In the last 10 years an average of 49 people a year have been killed because of agricultural and horticultural work activities. By supporting this guide we hope to help eliminate hazards and control risks to reduce the number of injuries and ill health in this industry.
"It provides sound advice on a wide range of activities in agriculture, from selecting and buying new machinery, to the safety of children and the public. It focuses on the most common causes of accidents, injuries and ill health, such as transport and falls from height, as well as many other aspects of workplace safety and welfare. We have worked with HSE on a number of projects and this latest initiative demonstrates our commitment to preventing accidents in this sector."
Single copies of the guide (MISC165) are available free of charge from HSE Books, PO Box 1999, Sudbury, Suffolk CO10 2WA Tel: 01787 881165 Fax: 01787 313995 Website: www.hsebooks.co.uk
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For further information, please contact:
Clare Schofield at Staniforth on 0161 274 0100 or Sally Leeman at Norwich Union on 01603 684225/07800 699670
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