Teagasc A-to-Z safety poster aims to reduce death and injury on farms

ADVICE on handling bulls, electricity, machinery and pesticides are among the 26 short tips in Teagasc’s new A-to-Z farm safety poster.

Launched yesterday by Taoiseach Enda Kenny at the Teagasc Mellows Campus, Athenry, Co Galway, the new poster is aimed at tackling the rise in deaths and serious injuries on Irish farms.

Eleven people have died in farm accidents so far this year. The death toll reached 26 in 2010, up from 13 in 2009.