Farm safety workshops to be held at colleges
“Champions for Safety” is the title of the series, sponsored by FBD in association with Teagasc and the Health and Safety Authority.
The aim is to encourage farmers of the future to be “Champions for Safety” and to always put safety first.
Fatal accidents occur on farms every year and the human and financial cost is huge.
The main speakers at the seminars are Peter Gohery, a Galway farmer who lost a leg in a farm accident, Ciaran Roche, local FBD representatives, and Pat Griffin and John Kennedy of the HSA.
The seminars have been facilitated by the colleges and are being co-ordinated by John McNamara of Teagasc.
Pat Griffin, HSA senior inspector, said that he believed the positive engagement of young farmers in health and safety will help to foster a strong safety culture in the future.
“This engagement from the farming youth also has the potential to reduce death and injury on farms and improve the overall health and safety standards of all farmers,” he said.
