Rural Life
Farmers urged to take care in mixing slurry as deadline approaches
As the January 31 deadline for spreading slurry approaches, the Health and Safety Executive for Northern Ireland (HSENI) is warning...
HSENI
Agri-Business
Latest NI farm accident figures released
The number of workplace fatalities has dropped, however, there has been a significant increase in injuries, the latest figures by...
N.Ireland
Avoid Harm on the Farm 2019 safety poster winners announced
More than 3,500 children from 98 Northern Ireland schools put pens, pencils and crayons to paper over the last few months to...
Environment
Storm Callum: Your 7-point storm repairs safety checklist
With high winds and heavy rain expected throughout the day, Health and Safety Executive Northern Ireland (HSENI) has put together...
N.Ireland
‘Intensive’ farm inspection campaign to begin next week
An intensive farm inspection campaign is set to begin on Monday, October 1, with a special focus on working safely...
N.Ireland
NI’s Air Ambulance soars one year on…but how many rescues were farming related?
Around one in 10 air ambulance call-outs in Northern Ireland over the last year have been related to farming incidents,...
N.Ireland
Young man dies on Co. Down farm
A man in his early 20s has died in a fatal accident on a farm in Katesbridge, Co. Down today...
N.Ireland
NI safety figures make grim reading
A new draft corporate plan launched by Northern Ireland’s Health and Safety Executive (HSENI) has highlighted the grisly reality of...
N.Ireland
Meal firm fined six-figure sum after young worker injured
Well known Co. Armagh meal firm, Mason Animal Feeds, has been fined a six-figure sum in court after a 17-year-old...
N.Ireland
Farmers urged to take extra care when mixing slurry
With the closed period for spreading slurry coming to an end at midnight on January 31, the Health and Safety...
N.Ireland
Farmer fined after 14-year-old involved in slurry accident
A Co. Tyrone farmer has been fined £1,000 (€1,138) today, after a slurry accident saw a teenage casual employee fall unconscious...
N.Ireland
Man in his 60s dies at meat processing factory in Northern Ireland
A man in his 60s has died at a meat processing factory in Co. Derry last night, the Health and...
N.Ireland
Man (30s) dies following farm accident in Tyrone
A man in his 30s has died following a farm accident in Dungannon in Co Tyrone. The accident happened at...
N.Ireland
Children are a major casualty on Irish farms: 105 children died on Northern farms since 1968
Between 1968 and November 2015 there’s been 485 farming-related deaths in Northern Ireland, Malcolm Downey of the Health and Safety Executive...
N.Ireland
UFU President calls on farmers to complete farm safety study
The Ulster Farmers’ Union (UFU) is calling on the 8,000 farm businesses, selected at random, to complete and return the...
