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Hi-tech approach to reduce farm fatalities F


arming’s high number of fatal accidents could be reduced by adopting a high-tech approach


to workplace safety.


More than 30 people died in farm- related accidents during the past 12 months, according to the Health and Safety Executive. The greatest risk comes when working with machin- ery, livestock or at height.


Innovations to improve farm safety were unveiled at an Agri-TechE online event. They included a machinery au- dit activated by QR code, a risk assess- ment tool, and motion sensor alerts for moving machinery. Agri-TechE director Belinda Clarke


said: “More people are using digital technologies for a greater range of applications. This creates a huge op- portunity for making safety and com- pliance part of the culture on-farm.” The Farm365 machinery safety and audit app is triggered by scanning a QR code located on the equipment in question. The idea came from Farm365 founder and Norfolk-based safety con- sultant Lizzie Creed.


“We’re losing somebody in agri- culture every two weeks,” she said. “I thought ‘there is technology for eve- rything else on-farm, but most health and safety monitoring is paper-based – we’ve got to start doing something differently’.” The Farm365 app makes it easy to keep up with machine safety checks and food compliance audits. Scanning the QR code brings up pre-work check- lists, the machine’s service history and food safety checks.


Safe practices For Katy Landt, it was a near-miss on the family farm in Australia that per- suaded her to launch Safe Ag Systems. It makes it easier to encourage safe practices among farm workers, includ- ing older employees. Ms Landt explained: “Fatigue and working alone in remote areas is a huge contributor to the statistics. The reality is that we can’t eliminate all of these risks but what we can do is re- duce them.” Safe Ag Systems captures records


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The Farm365 app makes it easier to keep up safety checks, says Lizzie Creed (below)


across employment, company policy and all types of procedure. It can also be used to educate farm workers, cap- ture chemical or fuel usage, report haz- ards and alert someone or call for help in an emergency. Ben Sturgess, founder of tech com-


pany Pathfi ndr, is developing a weara- ble solution to address the high rate of vehicle related injury in agriculture. It uses ultra-wideband (UWB) technol- ogy that sets off an alarm when safe- ty measures are breached.


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