Wednesday 15 March 2017

FARM SAFETY

The Health and Safety Authority has said that two men have died in separate workplace accidents in counties Offaly and Wexford.

Inspectors from the HSA will visit both scenes
Inspectors from the HSA will visit both scenes

Both men were farmers. 

In County Wexford, a man in his 20s died when the quad bike he was driving overturned into a ditch. In County Offaly, a farmer in his 70s died after he was struck by a tractor on his farm at 8am at Fivealley, outside Birr.

HSA inspectors have arrived on the scene, and an investigation has been launched into the circumstances of the accident.

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