Machinery
8 things you should check on the tractor before you start driving it
Tractors and machinery are the main cause of farm fatalities in Ireland, Health and Safety Authority figures show. Figures show...
Machinery
Tractors and machinery are the main cause of farm fatalities in Ireland, Health and Safety Authority figures show. Figures show...
Rural Life
Teagasc Health and Safety Officer John McNamara has called on farmers to make farm safety – their own and their...
Environment
Over the last five years, 12 people have suffered a fatal accident arising from the use of chainsaws or tree felling...
Rural Life
Drowning and gas poisoning are the two major health and safety problems when it comes to slurry. Drowning is the...
Rural Life
Machinery is associated with 17% of farm deaths, according to Teagasc and between 2005 and 2014, 58 people were killed...
Other
FBD is asking people to nominate their Champion for Change, as part of the FBD Champions for Change programme –...
Opinion
It really is the simple things that can be the difference between life and death for farmers in Ireland. That was...
Rural Life
Farmers have the power to change behaviour and improve farm safety across Ireland and Northern Ireland, according to industry experts....
Rural Life
A campaign to promote safety on the farm, on roads and in the home has been launched by the Government....
Rural Life
Some 57% of farm accidents are on dairy farms, John McNamara of Teagasc has said, so if you work on a...
N.Ireland
Between 1968 and November 2015 there’s been 485 farming-related deaths in Northern Ireland, Malcolm Downey of the Health and Safety Executive...
Rural Life
A farmer was left with a prosthetic leg after he got wrapped up in the power shaft of his diet...
Rural Life
Key tips on using a chainsaw, tractor safety and slurry safety management will feature at the upcoming Institution of Occupational...
Rural Life
With winter comes colder weather, often freezing in Ireland, therefore it is important to ensure that all machinery on the...
N.Ireland
An eight-year-old boy who fell from a tractor in Co. Antrim on Monday morning is now ‘stable‘ in hospital, a...
Beef
With winter on the way; it’s time to carry out a last minute check on winter housing for livestock. Keep...
Rural Life
Teagasc will be holding a series of half-day Farm Safety Code of Practice Training Courses over the coming months. Teagasc...
National Ploughing Championships
FBD will be handing out child safety wristbands at all event entrances at this year’s National Ploughing Championships as part...