HSA Chief says they want to work with farmers to prevent death and injury

The Chief Executive of the Health and Safety Authority says they will continue to work closely with the farming community in the region in an effort to reduce death and injury in the sector.

Sharon McGuinness was speaking today as the latest figures showed an increase in work-related deaths of 13% amounting to 53 people in total.

Agriculture continues to be one of the areas with a significant amount of deaths, and HSA figures between 2016 to 2020 showed six male fatalities in Roscommon over that time.

Sharon McGuinness says farmers and their representative organisations have been working hard to reduce accidents and fatalities in the sector.