Suitable helmets cost between €50 and €100.
Incoming regulations will see all quad bike users legally required to wear appropriate head protection at all times and undergo operator safety skills training.
The Health and Safety Authority (HSA) has told the
Irish Farmers Journal that the new rules are intended to come into effect later in 2021, following a final review by the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment.
The objective of the Safety, Health and Welfare at Work (General Application) (Amendment) Regulations 2019 is to help prevent fatal and serious injury arising from quad use.
Quads accounted for 6% of all reported work-related fatal incidents involving vehicles in the 10-year period from 2010-2019.
Thirty workplace deaths linked to vehicles last year Four fifths of bystanders killed in farming workplace accidents were children
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Thirty people were killed in workplace accidents involving vehicles last year, with nearly 250 killed in the last decade, according to a report by the Health and Safety Authority (HSA).
The farming and agriculture sector accounted for the largest portion of workplace fatalities involving vehicles, with 110 deaths between 2010 and 2019.
There were 25 fatalities involving vehicles in the transport and storage sector, 24 in the construction industry, 20 in the retail sector, and 20 in vehicle repair shops.
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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.
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Advisers were informed at a recent Department of Agriculture Farm Advisory Services training event that the Department’s TAMS section is awaiting approval for the go-ahead for tranche 22.
Approvals have started to commence under tranche 20 of TAMS II, which closed on 15 January 2021. Files have been sent back to local offices which will then notify applicants if they have been successful in gaining approval.
The timing is important as the deadline for tranche 21 is approaching fast on Friday 16 April.
Applicants who have not been successful under tranche 20 will be keen to receive word early so that they have the option of withdrawing their application, changing it to improve their selection criteria marking and resubmitting it.