QUARRY bosses risk being closed down as a new safety blitz gets underway.

New regulations governing the control of noise at work will be enforced in a bid to lower the risks posed by exposure to excessive sound levels from machinery, safety bosses warned today.

International safety experts have been called in to stem the rising tide of deaths in Ireland’s quarries.

The Health and Safety Authority says it is to launch a clampdown on workplace safety in quarries.

HALF of those killed in the workplace so far this year were on farms, the Health and Safety Authority has disclosed.

Eight people have died in farm accidents so far this year, with five of those killed in Cork, it emerged today.

INTRODUCING safety and health education into schools could make the single biggest difference to keeping the next generation safe at work, according to Minister for Labour Affairs Tony Killeen, who addressed the awards ceremony of a pilot safety programme in schools run by the Health and Safety Authority.

SCHOOLS may begin teaching students about health and safety from their first days in class under proposals being examined by a Government advisory body.

A TOTAL of 73 people were killed in work-related accidents in 2005 — an increase of 25% on the previous year and the highest level of fatalities in over a decade.

CASH-IN-TRANSIT workers will be better protected from ‘tiger’ kidnappings and violent attacks due to new safety guidelines, the Health and Safety Authority (HSA) claimed yesterday.

Cash-in-transit workers will be better protected from ‘tiger’ kidnappings and violent attacks due to new safety guidelines, it was claimed today.

Figures released today by the Health and Safety Authority have revealed that there was an increase of over 40% in work-related deaths in 2005.

A new safety project was launched today in a bid to halve the high number of deaths on farms.

Construction workers and farmers were today warned against working at heights in bad weather, as Met Eireann predicted gale forces winds would rip across parts of the country this evening.

FIVE workers have lost their lives in one of the blackest weeks for workplace safety this year.

Four people have died this week alone in workplace accidents.

One in eight employees killed in the workplace this year were foreign workers, the Health and Safety Authority (HSA) said today.

New rules aimed at making workplaces safer came into force today with employers that flout the laws warned they face two years in jail or fines of up to €3m.

FIRMS can be fined up to €3 million and bosses jailed for up to two years under new health and safety laws for the workplace.

New health and safety laws for the workplace could fine firms up to €3m or jail bosses for a maximum of two years.

A CONSTRUCTION worker who fell from a scaffold yesterday became the 24th workplace fatality this year, on the same day safety inspectors announced a blitz on building sites.

The Health and Safety Authority has announced plans to mount an inspection blitz on Ireland's building sites this summer.

The Health and Safety Authority is to inspect 11 accident and emergency units across the country in the next month, it emerged tonight.

BEING the brother of an MEP and former junior agriculture minister means nothing when it comes to progress and road plans.

THE number of people killed in work-related accidents in Cork last month was the worst in over a decade.

The chief executive of the Health and Safety Authority is visiting Cork today to highlight the need for improved workplace safety.

Safety chiefs vowed today to crack down on dangers in the workplace after the worst month for labour-related deaths in a decade.

A NEW work safety plan was launched yesterday to help prevent injuries and deaths on building sites.

The latest figures show that 50 people have lost their lives this year in work-related deaths.

ACCIDENTS and work related illnesses caused by poor health and safety are costing Irish businesses a minimum of €300m annually.

A leading newspaper printer was hit with the largest fine yet for health and safety breaches today, after one worker lost a leg and another had skin ripped off a hand in separate accidents.

The Health and Safety Authority (H.S.A.) is issuing an urgent warning to farmers and those in the building industry to be extra vigilant when working at heights in high winds, the Evening Echo reports.

THE Health and Safety Authority (HSA) has warned farmers to be extra cautious during the summer season. It follows a spate of farm-related accidents and fatalities.

ONE in every 14 people working in the construction industry in Europe sustains serious injuries every year, it emerged yesterday.

THE smoking ban will have “no material effect” on drink sales, the owners of Guinness said yesterday.

The Health and Safety Authority has announced plans to seek voluntary compliance with health and safety legislation in all Irish workplaces.

FARMS are the most likely place for a fatal workplace accident following 18 farming deaths this year, according to the Health and Safety Authority (HSA).