Farm accidents can happen to anyone, so we must always be on our guard

Marie Scanlon, Glanbia safety officer, Ann Doherty farm accident survivor, Kieran O’Connor, Glanbia, and Brian Rohan of Embrace Farm at a farm safety forum at the National Ploughing Championships. Picture: Dan Linehan

Catherine Collins of Embrace FARM reminds us that farm accidents can happen to anyone

‘It’s a club I never thought I would be part of’ are words we hear very frequently in Embrace FARM. The club is the one where a person has had their world turned upside down as a result of a farm accident. Embrace FARM supports all those affected by farm accidents. The upside-down situations people find themselves in are when they have lost a loved one fatally in a farm accident or they have incurred serious injuries which have left life changing affects to how they live now.