HSA Launches New Farm Safety Guidelines

by | Sep 22, 2010

The Health and Safety Authority (HSA)  has launched new farm safety guidelines with the support of farming organisations. Farms are the most dangerous workplaces in Ireland in terms of fatal accidents. The focus of the HSA’s efforts are to help farmers identify and negate the key risks and hazards in farms. For example, it is not generally known that farm animals are one of the main causes of farm deaths. The new farm safety initiative includes an improved code of practice for child safety on farms, guidelines on the safe use of tractors, guidance on safety around overhead power lines, and guidance on livestock safety at marts and lairages. The objective is to reduce the number of farm accidents.

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