Study finds agricultural science students have a low farm injury risk perception
Dr David Meredith, Dr Mohammad Mohammadrezaei, and Dr John McNamara, Teagasc; Dr Sinead Flannery UCD; and Martin Heldon TD, Minister for State with special responsibility for Farm Safety at the Dept. of Agriculture, Food and the Marine; at the launch of Student Safety Perceptions, ‘Be Safe Project’ at UCD Lyons Farm.
A major study has found that just over half of agricultural science students think that the level of risk they face whilst doing farm work is low.
The study, which was part of the BeSafe Project which is funded by the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine, was conducted among 417 first and second-year Agricultural Science students in University College Dublin (UCD).
