Part 1 of this report is a summary of the fatalities occurring in the agricultural sector (comprising of farming, horticulture, forestry, fish farming and other associated land-based industries) in Great Britain (GB) during the year 1 April 2009 to 31 March 2010 which were investigated by Inspectors from the Health and Safety Executive (HSE). Data in part 1 of this report is provisional. Part 2 summarises fatal injuries notified to HSE within the agricultural sector for the ten year period 1999/2000 to 2008/2009. It highlights trends and indicates key points in fatalities involving employees, the...
Risk Factors and Recommendations NIOSH recently completed an in-depth study of commercial fishing fatalities in the United States during 2000-2009. The purpose of the study was to identify the most hazardous fisheries around the country and to describe the unique safety issues in each. For this study the US was divided into four fishing regions: Alaska, West Coast, East Coast, and the Gulf of Mexico. Alaska : http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/docs/2011-103/ West Coast : http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/docs/2011-104/ East Coast : http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/docs/2011-105/ Gulf of Mexico : http://www.cdc.gov/niosh...
Figures published by the Health and Safety Executive in its report, ‘Fatal injuries in farming, forestry and horticulture 2008/09′ show that 30 people were killed as a result of farming and other agriculture-related activities in 2008/09. Source : http://news.hse.gov.uk/2010/02/09/fatal-injuries-in-farming-forestry-and-horticulture-200809/?ebul=ag/february-10&cr=06