Health & Safety Authority advises Kilkenny farmers on safety for silage cutting season
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The Health and Safety Authority (HSA) is urging all farmers and contractors to carefully plan their work and complete their risk assessments as the busy silage season gets underway.
It comes as the latest data shows tractors, vehicles and farm machinery are the biggest cause of farm-related fatalities, accounting for over half of farm-related deaths from 2011 – 2020.
Over the past decade, 113 people, 18 of whom were children and young persons under the age of 18, have been killed in farming-related workplace incidents involving tractors, vehicles and machinery.
“We’re advising farmers to take time to plan for a safe silage season,” said Pat Griffin, Senior Inspector with the Health and Safety Authority.
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The Sligo native said thankfully a neighbour heard his cries and raised the alarm.
Sligo farmer tale
Speaking as part of the Health and Safety Authority’s (HSA’s) farm safety message ahead of the 2021 silage season, Aengus explained: “It all happened in a flash.
“I parked the teleporter to check a fence – and next thing I knew the teleporter got me from behind and the blade rammed me into a tree,” said Aengus Mannion.
“The pain was excruciating. I thought both my legs had been chopped off. There was blood everywhere.
“I was an hour and 20 minutes screaming for help, drifting in and out of consciousness,” the Sligo farmer recalled.
Health and Safety Authority issue farm safety advice ahead of silage season in Kilkenny
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); The Health and Safety Authority is urging farmers and their contractors to plan safety into every aspect of the silage-harvesting season. Start by reviewing their Farm Safety Code of Practice particularly the “Harvesting” and “Tractor/Vehicles/Machinery” risk assessment pages or use the free Farm Safety Risk Assessment online at farmsafely.com. Tractors, vehicles and machinery use accounts for over half of farm-related deaths from 2011-2020
113 people, 18 of whom were under the age of 18, have been killed in farming-related workplace incidents involving tractors, vehicles or machinery over the past decade (2011 – 2020).
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