HC Deb 09 November 1989 vol 159 c743W
73. Mr. Lord

To ask the Secretary of State for Employment what initiatives to improve safety of agricultural equipment are currently being funded by his Department.

Mr. Nicholls

The Health and Safety Commission are currently funding seven research projects in the area of safety of agricultural equipment:—

  1. (1) Seat belts in agricultural tractors;
  2. (2) Interlocking devices for component guards on agricultural machinery;
  3. (3) Tractor driven equipment—noise test procedures;
  4. (4) Practical application of noise reduction methods in agriculture;
  5. (5) Power take-off shafts—alternative power supply systems;
  6. (6) Integrity of safety cabs fitted to tractors;
  7. (7) Dynamic and static test methods for tractor mechanical coupling components.