Agriculture and Farming
‘One quarter of all fatal accidents in agriculture result from moving vehicles according to the Health and Safety Executive’
Agriculture is a hugely diverse industry with a host of unpredictable challenges. The cultivating of land, producing of crops and raising of livestock all rely heavily on operational efficiency. Unfavourable weather conditions, low crop yields and demanding food safety regulations, combined with discriminative consumers and a demand for alternative niche products (organic, grass-fed) in a globally competitive market, means maximum productivity is paramount for the survival of agribusinesses.
Incidents in the industry include;
- Reversing accidents due to blind spots
- Reversing accidents due to people not seeing the vehicle moving
- Vehicles running people over due to the handbrake not being applied
- Vehicles overturning due to hitting stockpiles
- Forward collisions due to limited visibility when carrying loads
- Collisions with other traffic on public roads
- Large machines colliding with smaller vehicles
- Missed crop due to the driver not being able to see the surplus
- Damaged crop due to the picking element being too high
- Collecting too much soil and foliage, which over fills the hopper / tractor
Brigade is here to help
By working in partnership to understand your safety concerns, Brigade’s team of engineers strive to bring innovative answers to the market place. By making a small investment in Brigade’s safety solutions you can achieve clearly defined and measurable benefits as shown below – but most notably improved safety for workers and the public and significant cost savings too.
- All round visibility
- Reduced accidents, fatalities, injury and sickness time
- Increased productivity
- Reduced insurance premiums
- Reduced vehicle downtime
- Meets health and safety requirements
- Peace of mind for management and workers
- Strengthen companies reputation in the community






