25% of safety inspectors for a sector employing 6%

Health and Safety Authority senior inspector Pat Griffin told the Seanad Public Consultation Committee about HSA plans to inspect 2,300 farms this year.

“This represents giving 25% of our inspection resource to a sector employing 6%.”

He said the HSA has a death black spots chart, developed with Teagasc, showing pockets where there are significantly higher levels of farm deaths.