Inspection campaign focused on livestock safety to get underway ahead of calving 

In 2023, there were 16 farming fatalities and five of these involved livestock.

According to Pat Griffin, senior inspector with the HSA, the agriculture sector can be a "hazardous working environment and working with livestock continues to be a significant trigger in work-related fatalities on Irish farms". 

The Health and Safety Authority (HSA) will begin a two-week farm safety inspection campaign next week focused on the safe management of livestock during calving season.

According to the HSA, in the last five years, 80 people have lost their lives in farm-related work activity in Ireland.