Primary schools are urged to promote safety on farms

Primary schools have been urged to take 30 minutes before the summer break to join in a national effort to prevent children from being seriously injured or dying on a farm this summer.

The Health and Safety Authority (HSA) has written to all primary school principals in the country asking them to make sure the last message they give children before the summer break relates to farm safety.

Farm accidents have claimed the lives of 23 children in the last decade and the HSA pointed out that farms remain the only workplace where children still continue to die.