The HSE has planned to inaugurate the second phase of its most popular campaign to date “Make the Promise, come home safe”.

The first part of the drive had a hard hitting response with over 6000 farmers in a short period of six weeks. The main objective of this drive is to totally alleviate the number of farmers dying in the UK due to accidents.

They have the support of a huge herd of farmers and also the most prominent and major farmers’ unions and all rural charities.

The Vice President of NFU, Mr. Paul Temple says that this drive is of vital substance and value to the farming industry. The accidents happening on the farms cause great destruction not only to the farmers, but also to their families; and greatly hamper their farming businesses.

David Eames, a farmer and contractor affirms that he knows the risks of handling farm equipment and machinery, as he himself has come from a farming background. He strongly supports this campaign saying that it will make farmers more vigilant, alert and more careful when they handle such machinery.

With a whopping count of 39 farmers dying in accidental deaths in 2007-08, agriculture has by far become one of the most hazardous businesses in the UK.

An HSE spokesperson laments that grandparents, children and parents are all unnecessarily giving up their lives in accidents on the farms. Supporting his worry with statistics, he says that more than 455 people have lost their lives on the farms in the last decade.

The campaign has still not got universal approval but they have highlighted the main reasons for deaths on farms.

Working with any machinery can be life threatening, make sure your staff are fully trained in health and safety procedures. Accredited health and safety training such as the nebosh course from Workplace Law Training can help.