Farm Safety Week: Scottish farmers urged to think more about risk By Gemma Mackie
NFU Scotland vice-president Robin Traquair.
A leading Scottish farmer is urging his peers to think about risks and take the safety of themselves, their colleagues and their families seriously.
NFU Scotland (NFUS) vice-president, Robin Traquair, made the comments during Farm Safety Week, which came to a close yesterday.
The figures show fatal injuries on farms in the Great Britain have risen in the past year from 21 deaths in 2019-20, to 41 in 2020-21. The deaths include 34 farm workers and seven members of the public.
Five of the deaths were in Scotland and three involved quad bike accidents, one was caused by a farm worker being attacked and killed by a bull, and one was caused when a worker caught fire while carrying out muirburn activity.
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