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Press Releases 2021
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20Oct
Two Irish companies lead the way in occupational safety and health as they represent Ireland in the European Good Practice Awards
The awards highlight the impactful and innovative ways in which organisations demonstrate the benefits of good safety and health in the workplace in relation to managing work-related musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs).
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23Aug
Farm Safety Partnership launch action plan for 2021 - 2024
The Farm Safety Partnership Advisory Committee has now published its latest Action Plan for 2021-2024. .
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19Jul
Farm Safety Partnerships urge farmers to ‘rethink risk’
The Farm Safety Partnerships (FSP) in the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland have come together to remind farmers to remain vigilant to the many dangers associated with working on the farm.
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05Jul
Self-employed Account for Over 50% of work-related fatalities in 2020
More than half of all people who died in work-related incidents in 2020 were self-employed, according to the HSA’s latest Annual Review of Workplace Injuries, Illnesses and Fatalities, published in July 2021.
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09Jun
HSA publishes safety guidance for seasonal workers in horticulture
HSA guidance is now available in over 10 languages to cater for non-Irish nationals working in the horticultural sector
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29Apr
Health and Safety Authority Issue Farm Safety Advice Ahead of Silage Season
Between 2011 and 2020 over half of all fatalities in the agriculture sector involved tractors, vehicles or machinery
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25Apr
Building company fined €40,000 following death of worker
A €40,000 fine was imposed on Colin Wendel Developments Ltd following a guilty plea to a charge under the Safety, Health & Welfare at Work Act 2005.
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11Apr
HSA inspection campaign to target transport operations and vehicles at work
New report shows 217 work related vehicle deaths in last ten years
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28Mar
HSA launches the Good Practice Awards in conjunction with the European Agency for Safety and Health at Work (EU-OSHA)
The Health and Safety Authority (HSA) has launched the Irish leg of the EU Healthy Workplaces Good Practice Awards with a closing date of 4 June 2021.
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26Feb
HSA inspection campaign in March to focus on quarry safety
The Quarry Safety campaign from March 1st to 12th will focus on known causes of fatal incidents at quarries, for example machinery and vehicle safety issues.