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Last year while clearing bindweed out of a border I got a needle in the side of a boot - it was half embeded in the soil - a week later a shard of glass went into the palm of my hand through my gloves when I picked up a concrete slab - and the glass was embeded in the mortar bed on its underside - So moral of the story - eyes peeled and wear thick boots and gloves!
Don't forget the eye protection
Good post - everyone needs regular reminders of the dangers involved. Virtually everything mentioned above is in our Risk Assesment docs, but the cartoons are a good quick reminder.
Eyes eyes eyes is my message... have goggles for everyone who works with you in addition to visors and helmets. Eyes are so delicate and once gone they are gone.
Further to this thread, the HSE has just issued a statement/report about the comparative dangers still experienced in Grounds Maintenance, including the number of deaths in our industry in the last reporting period.
No of deaths compared to US, pro rota, seems much higher for us ....Why I wonder ?
Do we not look after ourselves or employees ?
See here :
http://www.natwestmentor.co.uk/news/articles/2012-04/hseexpertwarns...
This reinforces my stance on being properly trained, ticketed and HSE accredited for ALL the tasks my business does The " Iv'e been doing this for years, I don't need someone to tell me how" believers, really need to have a good think about their and their staffs ( if applicable) safety and training.
To make sense of those stats, how many people work in Grounds Maintenance in the UK, anyone know, roughly-speaking?
Meeting Date:
31 March 2010
Type of paper:
Above the line
Trim reference:
2010/134750
Agriculture – Where Are We Now?
Purpose
1. To provide an overview for the Board on the work HSE does in the agriculture sector and in particular, to provide an update on progress since May 2009 (Board paper 09/40) with the Board’s Agriculture Revisited initiative.
Background
2. Approximately 530,000 people work in agriculture (Source: Defra Census 2008) which includes a range of sectors including, arable, dairy, livestock and mixed farming, the growing of fruit and vegetables, arboriculture, forestry, production horticulture, agricultural and animal husbandry services. The wider land based sector includes amenity management and landscaping, animal care, aquaculture, environmental conservation etc. Employment data is unreliable but these sectors probably employ at least another 100, 000 people.
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