Rural Diaries - country life, the countryside and rural issues » Farm Safety http://www.country-couples.co.uk/blog A blog about rural life in the UK, our countryside and my country life. It's all here, farming, gardening, wildlife, animals and rural dating. Thu, 20 Jan 2011 14:41:54 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= Petting farms and E Coli http://www.country-couples.co.uk/blog/petting-farms-and-e-coli/ http://www.country-couples.co.uk/blog/petting-farms-and-e-coli/#comments Mon, 21 Sep 2009 14:28:49 +0000 Sally http://www.country-couples.co.uk/blog/?p=706 To date, there have been a reported 64 cases of people infected with E Coli 0157 bacteria from Godstone farm in Surrey and four petting farms have now been closed (either by health officials or voluntarily). So far there are no known links between the four farms and one petting farm has two different strains [...]]]> http://www.country-couples.co.uk/blog/petting-farms-and-e-coli/feed/ 7 Farming Safety Message Not Getting Through http://www.country-couples.co.uk/blog/farming-safety-message-not-getting-through/ http://www.country-couples.co.uk/blog/farming-safety-message-not-getting-through/#comments Sat, 09 May 2009 22:21:01 +0000 Sally http://www.country-couples.co.uk/blog/?p=564 Having just returned from a week with food poisoning I was so saddened to be informed of yet another tragic fatal accident in the farming community. A father of three was killed on his farm while fixing his Kramer loader. My deepest sympathies go to his wife and young children. There are two tragedies here, [...]]]> http://www.country-couples.co.uk/blog/farming-safety-message-not-getting-through/feed/ 10 “Make the Promise, Come Home Safe” Campaign Launched by HSE http://www.country-couples.co.uk/blog/make-the-promise-come-home-safe-campaign-launched-by-hse/ http://www.country-couples.co.uk/blog/make-the-promise-come-home-safe-campaign-launched-by-hse/#comments Fri, 02 Jan 2009 18:20:36 +0000 Sally http://www.country-couples.co.uk/blog/?p=212 Today sees the launch of the HSE’s “Make the Promise, Come Home Safe” campaign and will see 70,000 information packs delivered to farmers and agricultural workers throughout Britain during January 2009. The Health and Safety Executive will spend this month trying to make farmers and agricultural workers stop and think about how they can work [...]]]> http://www.country-couples.co.uk/blog/make-the-promise-come-home-safe-campaign-launched-by-hse/feed/ 2