Health and Safety Authority set to focus on work practices in farming

WORK practices in farming, particularly in the areas of animal handling and machinery use, will receive increased focus from the Health and Safety Authority in 2009.

It follows the disclosure in the HSA annual report there were 21 work-related deaths in the farming sector in 2008.

Over a third of all work related deaths occurred in agriculture last year. There were 11 deaths in 2007 and 18 deaths in both 2005 and 2006.