Health & Safety [SP.YY.HS]
Agri Culture – Jim Chapman: Adapting to Life After an Accident
Listener Advisory Note : This episode contains a mention of suicide, please listen with care.
Mary-Jane Lawrie is joined by Jim Chapman, farmer and farm safety ambassador. Jim talks openly about the farm accident that changed his life when he lost his arm in a PTO shaft. He talks about the impact that had on him, and how he got through the dark times. He tells us how important the support he received from friends, family and young farmers was to him. He went on to do a Nuffield scholarship on farm safety and is now an ambassador for the Farm Safety Foundation.
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