On UK farms there is one fatality every week arising from accidents using machinery or handling livestock.

There are also 15,000 serious accidents that could be reduced or avoided if safe practices were followed.

In this video safety instructor Brian Reece explains how these accidents happen and gives tips on how to avoid them when using telehandlers and other machinery, working from height and riding quad bikes.

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