Inspection campaign to reduce farming accidents begins

A NATIONWIDE inspection campaign aimed at reducing the level of farming related deaths and accidents has started. Six people have died in agriculture so far in 2007 and it is estimated there are some 3,000 people injured on farms each year.

Eighteen people were killed on Irish farms in 2006 — one a four-year-old and 10 aged 65 or older.

During the month of May, inspectors from the Health and Safety Authority will be carrying out farm inspections countrywide.