Agri Aware has launched its ‘Faces of Farm Safety Campaign’ in support of National Farm Safety Week 2020.

Farmers and well-known agri-business sector figures will feature on Agri Aware’s social media platforms, where they will share best farm safety practices and advice on how to avoid potential farm accidents.

The campaign will focus on the various hazardous aspects of farm life, which include livestock, elderly, children, falls from height and tractor safety.

Agri Aware executive director Marcus O’Halloran said: “Now in its third year, this high-impact campaign aims to raise national awareness of the dangers on farms. We’d like to thank all of our patrons and members of the farming and agribusiness community who will be featured in the campaign throughout the week.”

Safety resources

Agri Aware is an active member of the Health and Safety Authority’s farm safety partnership advisory committee and developed a seven-minute farm safety drama video in 2016 called ‘Once Upon A Farm’.

O’Halloran said: “We would like to draw the public’s attention to our numerous farm safety resources and especially our ‘Once Upon A Farm’ video which effectively highlights the potential dangers on farms for children and shows how the farm is not a playground and must be treated like a workplace.”

Most recently Agri Aware partnered with the Irish Country Living and ESB Networks to run a Safe Family Farms Competition, which encouraged members of the public to submit their innovative farm safety ideas and inventions.

Join in

To join in on the campaign and share your own farm safety message, tag @agriaware in your video on social media and use #FacesofFarmSafety20.

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