The HSA’s latest data on fatal workplace injuries confirms a major success – in 2024, Ireland recorded its lowest-ever rate of work-related deaths. According to the HSA, the fatality rate per 100,000 workers dropped from 2.7 in 2015 to just 1.2 in 2024. In total, 33 workers lost their lives in workplace incidents last year…
Company Fined €270,000 Following Fatal Workplace Accident
A road surfacing company has been fined €270,000 following a tragic workplace accident that claimed the life of one of its employees. The incident occurred during road resurfacing works when a worker, who had been gathering up safety signage, was fatally struck by a reversing roller used to compact chips into newly laid tar. The…
Company and Director Fined Following Fatal Workplace Fall
A company has been fined €100,000 and one of its directors fined €10,000 and handed suspended prison sentences, following a tragic incident in which a worker lost his life after falling through a skylight on the roof of an agricultural building. The sentencing took place at the Circuit Criminal Court in Dundalk on July 8th,…
Release of New Chemical Agents Code of Practice
Release of the New Chemical Agents Code of Practice The Health and Safety Authority (HSA) has officially published the 2024 Code of Practice for the Safety, Health, and Welfare at Work (Chemical Agents) Regulations (2001-2021) & the Safety, Health, and Welfare at Work (Carcinogens, Mutagens, and Reprotoxic Substances) Regulations (2024). These updated regulations consolidate the…
