Handling livestock can be dangerous, especially if you are not used to doing it.

Every year there is the grim statistic of farm fatalities involving livestock.

But there is also the occurrence of a large number of injuries such as broken limbs, crushings etc on farms when handling or moving livestock.

With this in mind, the following advice is from an information sheet from the Health and Safety Authority(HSA). A DVD related to the safety aspects of cattle handling is also available at Teagasc youtube.

Dangerous situations involving cattle are almost entirely avoidable – you or a family member needn’t become a ”statistic”.

Golden Rules for Handling Cattle:

 By Anthony O’ Connor, Teagasc Adviser, Galway / Clare RegionalUnit