Anyone else notice these two stories on the BBC site this week? Firstly - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-35819366 Schools fear civil litigation. News report follows a school carrying out outdoor lessons in archery, fire making etc. Judith Hackett also in attendance. One segment shows the students feeding animals from a tractor trailer. That was 16th March. The very next day this incident is reported in Notts (although it occurred on the 11th of March). http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-35819366 11 children and 2 staff injured when the trailer they were riding in became detached from the tractor and launched the injured parties into the air (paraphrasing an eyewitness report). Personally I am all for bumps and scrapes as per the first story but I do wonder about the sanity of transporting primary school children unsecured in a farm trailer on a public highway (note police investigating not HSE). How did that ever get past the risk assessment stage?

Accident report here http://www.bbc.co.uk/new...nottinghamshire-35829359

Thanks JohnW - my mistake

I find the sad side effect of this is that its makes people, in this instance schools, more reluctant to do things like this in future. At which point what gets the blame - Health & Safety! (it's gone mad don't you know!) Ultimately, the fault is most likely down to the farmer, for not hitching the trailer properly, or worse having ill maintained equipment. What won't be reported on is how a better understanding of health & safety could help to prevent this sort of thing in the future. An opportunity to show H&S in a positive light for a change.