Public campaign targets farm safety

A PUBLIC awareness campaign to keep death off Irish farms in 2007 has been launched by the Health and Safety Authority.

It includes a new agriculture code of practice that encourag ing farmers to tackle injury and occupational ill health. Copies have been issued to every farmer in the country and the cost of producing and distributing the pack, as well as the public awareness campaign, is €1.5m.

HSA acting chief executive Michael Henry said it was the largest and most comprehensive farm safety public awareness campaign ever mounted in this country.