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Quads accounted for 6% while loaders and telehandlers accounted for 12% of these fatal incidents. \CJ Nash
Over the 10-year period 2010 to 2019, tractors have accounted for 29% of all reported work-related fatal incidents involving vehicles, a new report from the Health and Safety Authority (HSA) has shown.
Quads accounted for 6%, while loaders and telehandlers accounted for 12% of these fatal incidents.
There were 490 work-related deaths in the Republic of Ireland during this 10-year period.
Of these, 217 (44%) involved vehicles. Agriculture made up 110 of these incidents.
A total of 95 farm workers and 15 non-workers were killed.
The average age of worker victims of work-related deaths involving vehicles in agriculture was 58 years, compared with 46 years in other sectors.