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 HSE To Visit Farms To Check How Building Maintenance Risks Are Being Managed   Construction The Health and Safety Initiative (HSE) has launched a new inspection initiative geared towards ensuring that farmers are effectively managing the risks associated with building maintenance on their sites. The body said that simple steps could be taken to avoid or manage such risks when building maintenance takes place. It added that its inspectors would be visiting farms across the country during January to ensure measures were in place to protect farmers, their workers and contractors. What are the risks to those maintaining farm buildings? Various risks can be presented by building maintenance and repair, such as falling from height or coming into contact with dangerous asbestos fibres. According to HSE, the 2016/17 period saw 27 deaths and 13,000 non-fatal injuries to workers in the agriculture, forestry and fishing sectors in Great Britain. Each year, at least eight people die due to fallin