Farmers urged to improve safety as their work becomes more intensive

Agri Aware is urging farmers to improve their on-farm safety, and to remind themselves of the 22 farm fatalities so far this year, with the latest tragedy happening in Roscommon just this Wednesday.

The farming and agri-food educational body hosted a Farm Safety Maze at this week’s National Ploughing Championships. Launched by rugby star Sean O’Brien, the maze invited visitors to answer key farm safety questions to reach the end point.

Agri Aware chairman, Bernard Donohue, said: “Simple and effective messages about farm safety need to be communicated on a continuous basis to reduce the number of farm accidents. If people leave with one safety message, then that could result in one less farm accident.”