A new series of seminars on farm safety will take place at LAMMA ’18, which returns to the East of England Showground, Peterborough on January 17 and 18, 2018.

Farm safety has been very much in the media in recent months and the seminars aim to keep this important discussion going across all sectors of farming.The NFU only recently had been informed of two recent fatal accidents involving machinery and vehicles which may well have been preventable.

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The seminars will take place in the Farm Safety Zone, a new area dedicated to help reduce the high number of deaths and injuries on UK farms.

Specialists from leading health and safety consultancy Safety Revolution, which is sponsoring the zone, and contributors from other areas of the agricultural sector will deliver the seminars.

The talks are designed to stimulate detailed discussion, enabling visitors to access the most current health and safety information and specialist advice available in the UK agricultural industry

Keeping staff and contractors safe in a farming environment is an increasing challenge across the industry. Welfare of staff is paramount to the smooth running of farms, estates and agri-businesses increasing productivity and improving efficiency in rural businesses.

Safety Revolution’s health and safety experts will also be on hand throughout the show to welcome visitors to the Farm Safety Zone, to help assess the health and safety provision for individual businesses, including information on CoSHH, advice on training or improving the attitude of staff towards health and safety.

Safety Revolution speakers

Wednesday 17 January

10am  Ben Underwood, director, CLA East

Estate or farm: Health and safety matters

11am  Sir Jim Paice, Camgrain/former farm minister

Co-operative working: Communities, business and government

1pm  Sue Draper, Nestle

Our safety culture: From farm to fork

2pm  Client board launch

Thursday 18 January

10am  Alan Plom, IoSH Rural Business vice-chair/ former HSE

Advice from the board: Safety within rural workforces

11am  Oliver Dale, Safety Revolution

In conversation with advisory board specialists

1pm  Olivia Midgley, head of news, Farmers Guardian

Agricultural health and safety is good news!

2pm  James Chapman, Nuffield scholar

My research: Changing the culture in rural industries