Farm safety drive in bid to cut deaths

THE Government will launch a new farm safety drive tomorrow in a bid to reduce the number of deaths and serious injuries.

Agriculture Minister Mary Coughlan, Tony Killeen, the Minister for Labour Affairs, and acting CEO of the Health and Safety Authority Michael Henry will launch the public awareness campaign, which follows up on the delivery of a new code of practice to every farming household in the country.

The code was delivered to every farmer late last year, amid concern at the consistently high level of farming deaths.