18 Children And Teenagers Killed In Accidents Involving Tractors Or Other Farm Machinery In Past Decade
That's according to the Health and Safety Authority who have issued stark warnings as the 2021 silage season gets underway
Farming is the consistently deadliest occupation in Ireland.
Tractors and farm machinery have been responsible for 113 deaths since 2011 - accounting for over half of farm fatalities in the period. 18 of those were children and teenagers.
Speaking to RedFM News, Pat Griffin, Senior Inspector with the HSA, says that operators need to be very aware of children and eldery people on farms.
"Being aware of children and elderly around the farm. Setting out basic rules at the start of the day that children can't be in the workplace, while this is going on, that children can't be getting spins on tractors, and that operators are very aware of children and elderly around the yard."
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