Farming & Agriculture Inspections - Workplace Inspection Checklists

In the last decade, nearly one person has been killed every week as a direct result of farming and agricultural work. Many more have been seriously injured making farming and agricultural work a extremely hazardous industry.

Health and Safety is a fundamental requirement in any farming business and must be regarded as an essential part of maintenance and management. Assuming equipment is safe to use is a common problem in the industry, leading to catastrophic consequences. With high numbers and rates of fatal injury, farming, forestry and agricultral work is the riskiest industry sector.

Preventative maintenance and management of dangerous farming equipment can bring the following benefits:

• a reduction in injuries and the resulting financial and personal costs;
• better farming practice to help develop a sustainable farming business;
• longer life for equipment and machinery;
• less chance of damage to machinery;
• reduced repair costs resulting from unnoticed equipment faults;
• less chance of enforcement action and its costs, eg the cost of dealing with an incident and/or fines;
• reduced risk of damage to the reputation of the business.
• improved productivity, good morale and a happier, healthier workforce

Surveys suggest that only 16% of serious injuries are actually reported within the farming and agricultural sector. The HSE estimates that there could be as many as 10,000 untreported injuries in the industry each year (Read more).

Workers have the right to leave work without injury, returning home to their family each night safe and sound. Good workers and business owners understand the benefits of reducing incidents and maintenance costs, and are aware of the financial and other reasons to aim for and maintain high standards of Health and Safety.


Front Loader Inspections - Daily Checklist Kit

Front Loader Inspections - Daily Checklist Kit

Loader bucket trucks (also known as shovel loaders or front loaders) have the capacity to cause serious injury and in some cases death. It is vital th..

£109.50

Telehandler Inspections - Daily Checklist Kit

Telehandler Inspections - Daily Checklist Kit

The continuing development of telehandlers (telescopic materials handlers) in terms of capacity and reach makes them a versatile piece of site equipme..

£109.50

Tractor Inspections - Daily Checklist Kit

Tractor Inspections - Daily Checklist Kit

Allow workers to carry out pre-use checks and spot potential faults before they develop into a more serious and costly defect. These safety checklists..

£109.50

Trailer Inspections - Daily Checklist Kit

Trailer Inspections - Daily Checklist Kit

There is evidence showing that towing trailers are more likely to result in serious or fatal road accidents. Of 4,173 accidents involving at least one..

£109.50

Create Your Own Inspections - Daily Checklist Kit

Create Your Own Inspections - Daily Checklist Kit

Good to Go Safety is a Safe Equipment Management System (SEMS) which allows workers to carry out pre-use checks of workplace equipment and spot potent..

£109.50

Dumper Truck Poster - Visual Inspection Checklist

Dumper Truck Poster - Visual Inspection Checklist

Our dumper truck safety poster has been designed to highlight key components of a tipper truck and reinforces the importance of completing inspections..

£21.77

Excavator Poster - Visual Inspection Checklist

Excavator Poster - Visual Inspection Checklist

Our excavator safety poster has been designed to highlight key components of excavator and reinforce the importance of completing inspections. This po..

£21.77

Forklift Inspection and Maintenance Station

Forklift Inspection and Maintenance Station

The information station will provide your workplace with the ideal central location to store inspection check books and keep track of maintenance sche..

£233.20

Ladder Inspection and Maintenance Station

Ladder Inspection and Maintenance Station

The information station will provide your workplace with the ideal central location to store inspection check books and keep track of maintenance sche..

£233.20

MEWP Inspection and Maintenance Station

MEWP Inspection and Maintenance Station

The information station will provide your workplace with the ideal central location to store inspection check books and keep track of maintenance sche..

£233.20

Overhead Crane Inspection and Maintenance Station

Overhead Crane Inspection and Maintenance Station

The information station will provide your workplace with the ideal central location to store inspection check books and keep track of maintenance sche..

£233.20

Pallet Truck Inspection and Maintenance Station

Pallet Truck Inspection and Maintenance Station

The information station will provide your workplace with the ideal central location to store inspection check books and keep track of maintenance sche..

£233.20

Racking Inspection and Maintenance Station

Racking Inspection and Maintenance Station

The information station will provide your workplace with the ideal central location to store inspection check books and keep track of maintenance sche..

£233.20

Tractor Poster - Visual Inspection Checklist

Tractor Poster - Visual Inspection Checklist

Our tractor safety poster has been designed to highlight key components of tractors and reinforce the importance of completing tractors inspections. T..

£21.77

Trailer Poster - Visual Inspection Checklist

Trailer Poster - Visual Inspection Checklist

Our trailer safety poster has been designed to highlight key components of a trailer and reinforces the importance of completing vehicle trailer inspe..

£21.77

MEWP Poster - Visual Inspection Checklist

MEWP Poster - Visual Inspection Checklist

Our Mobile Elevating Work Platform (MEWP / Scissor Lift / Boom) safety poster has been designed to highlight key components of MEWP and reinforce the ..

£21.77

Inspection Information Station

Inspection Information Station

The information station will provide your workplace with the ideal central location to store inspection check books. Organising your inspections an..

£233.20

Inspection Wallet and Pen

Inspection Wallet and Pen

A handy wallet that not only provides additional protection from the elements but also gives inspectors a solid writing surface to complete inspection..

£6.20

Weather Resistant Inspection Holder

Weather Resistant Inspection Holder

These industrial strength pockets have a press seal fastening to keep important documents clean and dry. An ideal solution for storing check books, in..

£6.31

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News

Motorsport engineering firm fined following HSE inspection

Motorsport engineering firm fined following HSE inspection

A motorsport engineering firm based in Kent has been fined after Britain’s workplace regulator identified numerous health and safety breaches. Inspectors from the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) visited Hispec Motorsport Limited - a specialist designer and producer of aftermarket brake upgrades for road, race, track, and kit cars. During their visits, the inspectors found serious breaches of the law and enforcement notices were issued. The subsequent investigation found the busin...CONTINUE...

22-year-old carpenter sustains fatal head injury

22-year-old carpenter sustains fatal head injury

On 30 October 2019, Niall McCormack from Kettering, Northamptonshire had been working with another carpenter at a new build construction site in Alconbury Weald, Cambridgeshire. The pair were removing trusses from a pack, to then spread and install across there building. As they were in the process of spreading, a gust of wind caught a spandrel panel, pushing it against the remaining trusses in the pack. Both the truss pack and spandrel panel fell into the work area, hitting Niall McCorma...CONTINUE...

Worker crushed at London Heathrow Airport

Worker crushed at London Heathrow Airport

The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) conducted an investigation after an employee of Dnata Ltd was crushed to death at London Heathrow Airport on the 23rd February 2022. The incident occurred during the unloading of baggage containers from an Emirates Airbus which had arrived from Dubai. The employee walked underneath a high loader (a raised platform similar to a scissor lift) in order to access the other side of a trailer. At the same time the high-loader operator lowered one of its tw...CONTINUE...

Why you should complete daily forklift inspections

Why you should complete daily forklift inspections

Forklift truck inspections can increase productivity by up to 25%. Additionally it will reduce breakdowns by 70% and lowers forklift truck maintenance costs by 25%. Depending on the type of forklift truck, costs and technical sophistication, a broad spectrum of maintenance strategies should be applied. A faulty forklift truck may significantly slow or completely halt your entire production process. Poor maintenance strategies can reduce the overall productive capacity of a warehouse by 5...CONTINUE...

Tragedy at Go-Kart Centre

Tragedy at Go-Kart Centre

Capital Karts in Barking, East London has been fined almost £120,000 after an incident on the 6th August 2021. Newham youth group organised a fun filled day at Capital Karts with a group of teens, however the day turned to horror when one of the teens had to be resuscitated at the venue after her hijab (a traditional muslim headscarf) got caught in a go karts drive axle. Ruwaida Adan, 15, died in hospital of hypoxic brain injury and asphyxiation four days after she visited Capital ...CONTINUE...

Banksman loses leg in MEWP accident

Banksman loses leg in MEWP accident

A food manufacturing company has been fined following a serious incident at its premises in Wirral. Sharon Bramhall had been supervising four members of staff as they completed high-level cleaning tasks during a night shift on the 22nd April 2022. She had been acting as a "banksman" as the MEWP turned at a right angle into the warehouse and struck Sharon, crushing her left leg. The 58-year-old had to have her left leg amputated below the knee following a incident at Baker & Baker Products ...CONTINUE...

The easter bunny uses TakeAIM

The easter bunny uses TakeAIM

TakeAIM are proud to announce that the easter bunny has begun using TakeAIM. Santa Claus contacted the easter bunny after they had success in the north pole using TakeAIM. Santa's team used the system to assess toy quality and inspect Santas sleigh prior to flight. Santa encouraged the Easter Bunny to try TakeAIM and we can now confirm they are using it in the run up to Easter. The easter bunny is able to assess, inspect and manage their eggs with TakeAIM! They're able to check th...CONTINUE...

Sub-contractor loses life in hospital

Sub-contractor loses life in hospital

An investigation was conducted by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) following the death of a sub-contractor hired by NG Bailey Limited. Alistair Hutton, lost his life whilst working on a mobile elevating work platform (MEWP) along an unfinished corridor of the Baird Family Hospital in Aberdeen on 18 January 2023. The 51-year-old immediately lost consciousness, when his head struck a metal lintel. Mr Hutton, who lived in Forfar, was pronounced dead less than an hour after the i...CONTINUE...

Construction firm fined after worker dies from fall

Construction firm fined after worker dies from fall

A company in Kent has been fined after an accident occurred at a construction site of six houses on Smarden Road in Headcorn, Kent. A sub-contractor, had been installing vertical hanging tiles on one of the new properties when he fell 1.8 metres through an unguarded opening in scaffolding and landed on the ground below. The accident happened on the 5th July 2017 and resulted in Mark Tolley sustaining several broken ribs and serious internal injuries including a punctured lung. He later di...CONTINUE...

Overhead crane accident fatally crushed employee

Overhead crane accident fatally crushed employee

A manufacturing company (Mifflin Construction Ltd manufacture and install steel components for the construction industry) has been fined £120,000 after a employee was fatally injured in the Leominster workshop. Steve Rooke, 55, an employee of over 27 years, sadly lost his life when a steal beam he was moving rotated and toppled over. The beam which was 18 metres long and weighed 1,800Kg trapped him against another beam causing fatal injuries. Karen Rooke, Steve’s wife said: "It’s c...CONTINUE...

Worker crushed to death by overhead crane load

Worker crushed to death by overhead crane load

A 46-year-old worker was crushed to death by two granite slabs whilst working for Graniteland Limited at the company’s Lyde Green site in Halesowen. An investigation by the HSE (Health and Safety Executive) found that the incident which occurred on the 30th November 2020 could have been avoided with the correct training and maintenance procedures. The investigation found that Robert Czachracz, who was from Poland, had been moving the granite slabs onto storage racks, using an over...CONTINUE...

Worker loses right arm in accident

Worker loses right arm in accident

A woman's right arm has been severed after becoming trapped in machinery whilst working for F.J Church and Sons Ltd, a metal recycling company in Rainham, Essex. An investigation by the HSE (Health and Safety Executive) followed the incident, which happened on the 12th June 2021. The investigation found that incident occurred after Ms Troia attempted to remove a blockage by reaching through an unguarded rotary valve of a catalytic converter sampling machine. Ms Troia, the victim was...CONTINUE...

Investigation underway after scaffolding collapse

Investigation underway after scaffolding collapse

An investigation has been launched after scaffolding succumbed to 60mph winds during Storm Henk. The scaffold tower collapsed onto a busy high street on Tuesday the 2nd January 2024. Sutton Council where the collapse happened took quick action to ensure the high street was made safe whilst the police, Sutton council and the scaffolding company investigated the incident to determine the root cause of the collapse. The scaffolding was then cleared to ensure businesses were able to continue ...CONTINUE...

Dad killed by shovel loader whilst working for recycling firm

Dad killed by shovel loader whilst working for recycling firm

Atlantic Recycling Limited (a recycling company) has been fined £300,000 after a father-of-two was killed by a shovel loader. Anthony Bilton, from Barry, Vale of Glamorgan, was fatally injured on 4 September 2019 when he was run over by a shovel loader whilst working on site in Cardiff, Wales. The 59-year-old was walking across a wood processing yard in order to undertake routine maintenance tasks when the tragic accident happened. The HSE (Health and Safety Executive) inves...CONTINUE...

Worker loses two fingers - Company fined

Worker loses two fingers - Company fined

An engineering firm in Perth has been fined £10,000 after an employee lost his little and ring finger. The worker, employed by Edwards Engineering (Perth) Limited, had been carrying out maintenance work on a grain dryer at East of Scotland Farmers on 28 June 2020. He inadvertently placed his hand into the blades of an unguarded rotary fan in the grain dryer. The fan was rotating at 1200 revolutions per minute when it came into contact with the worker’s hand. He was off work for sev...CONTINUE...

Workers arm dragged into machine at textile factory

Workers arm dragged into machine at textile factory

A textiles company has been fined £60,000 after an employee suffered serious injuries their right arm in an incident at a factory operated by Pin Croft Dyeing and Printing Co. Limited in Market Street, Adlington, on 20 June 2022. An investigation by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) found the employee had been operating a large fabric spooling machine when the brake malfunctioned. During an attempt to manually slow the rotation of the machine, he broke both major bones in his forearm ...CONTINUE...