Farm Safety Survivor Series: Beware of Farm Machinery

The third episode of the Farm Safety Survivor Series brought to you by Agriland, in association with AXA and the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM), highlights the dangers associated with farm machinery.

In today’s podcast, Agriland news journalist Rubina Freiberg speaks to Aengus Mannion from Co. Sligo who was seriously injured in a farm accident involving machinery 15 years ago, and Teagasc farm machinery and milking machine specialist, Francis Quigley.

In 2009, Mannion was herding cattle on a farm in Co. Meath when a teleporter hit him from behind, ramming him into a tree. Having sustained serious leg injuries, the beef farmer underwent over 20 operations over a three-year period in hospital.

Teagasc’s Francis Quigley speaks about the risks when working with farm machinery, as well as precautions farmers should take when operating machinery, and issues safety advice when using all-terrain vehicles (ATVs)/quad bikes.