Rural Life
Number of farm accidents jumps by over 30% in the last 10 years
The number of farm accidents has jumped by 31% in the last 10 years, according a national survey of farm...
Rural Life
The number of farm accidents has jumped by 31% in the last 10 years, according a national survey of farm...
Rural Life
It could soon be compulsory for all quads to have anti-roll bars and for users to wear protective headgear under...
Tillage
“Look after number one; farm safety must be top of the list.” That was the most important message that came...
Opinion
For farmers calving season can be a time of excitement, stress, relief and unfortunately high risk. Long hours, sleepless nights,...
Rural Life
Being blinded in a farm accident in June 2011 was life-changing for 69-year-old Monica Wims from Tubbercurry, Co. Sligo, but...
Rural Life
It has been confirmed by the Health and Safety Authority (HSA) that 400 farm inspections are planned for this month....
N.Ireland
All too often farm accidents are avoidable, officials warn ahead of the launch of a new wave of farm safety...
Featured
The vast majority of serious tractor accidents are caused because of inexperienced operators, speed, lack of concentration, gradient, unguarded parts and...
Rural Life
A Tipperary farmer who previously suffered a slurry accident has initiated a Twitter campaign to highlight the importance of farm...
Rural Life
A man has died in an accident on a farm in Co. Tipperary, a spokesperson for the Health and Safety...
Rural Life
A farmer in the UK has been fined after a man was fatally electrocuted while working on his land, according...
Machinery
A farm accident a number of years ago inspired an invention which aims to take the danger out of changing...
N.Ireland
With the closed period for spreading slurry coming to an end at midnight on January 31, the Health and Safety...
Rural Life
A teenager has died after falling from a tractor yesterday (Sunday, January 21), a spokesperson for the Health and Safety...
Rural Life
Wicklow students who designed a project involving the use of mechanised gates on livestock trailers to reduce farm injuries have...
Opinion
Fortunately, 2018 has arrived with no news of any fatal farm accident or safety-related on-farm incident being reported. And let’s...
Rural Life
A joint initiative promoting farm safety and health between Teagasc and the Health and Safety Authority (HSA) has been renewed...
Rural Life
The Health and Safety Authority (HSA) will inspect 2,000 farms as its initial target over the course of 2018 –...