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Health and Safety Authority records lowest level of work-related fatalities

December 31, 2021adminBloghealth and safety, health and safety authority, HSA, work place accidents, work place fatalities

Releasing provisional annual statistics for 2021, the Health and Safety Authority welcomed a 30% reduction in work-related fatalities. 38* people lost their lives in 2021 compared to 54 in 2020 representing the lowest figure recorded since the Authority was established over 30 years ago. The farming sector saw a decline of over 50%, with nine…

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Self-employed Account for Over 50% of work-related fatalities in 2020

July 6, 2021adminBloghealth and safety, health and safety authority, HSA, safety at work, workplace safety

More than half of all people who died in work-related incidents in 2020 were self-employed. That’s according to the Health and Safety Authority’s latest Annual Review of Workplace Injuries, Illnesses and Fatalities.  There were a total of 53 work-related fatalities in 2020, the highest since 2015. The largest number of fatalities occurred in Agriculture, Forestry…

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Today is Workers’ Memorial Day 2020

April 28, 2021adminBloghealth and safety, HSA, safety at work, workers memorial day

Today (Wednesday April 28th) is an important date for everyone with an interest in the safety, health and welfare of people at work. It’s the date every year when trade union and employer groups worldwide, as well as individual organisations, remember those who have been killed or injured in work-related accidents. In Ireland the figures…

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HSA Launch Updated Employer COVID-19 Templates

April 15, 2021adminBlogCOVID-19, Covid19, health and safety, health and safety authority, HSA, living with covid, return to work

The HSA have prepared a set of checklists and templates help employers, business owners and managers to get their business up and running again.  This will inform workers about what they need to do to help prevent the spread of Covid-19 in the workplace. They have been drafted based on the Government’s Work Safely Protocol and should be…

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Code of Practice for Employers and Employees on the Prevention and Resolution of Bullying at Work

March 11, 2021adminBlogbullying at work, code of practice, employees, employers, health, health & safety, health and safety authority, HSA, safety at work, workplace safety, yoursafetyspecialist

The purpose of the Code produced by the Health and Safety Authority is to provide guidance for employers, employees and their representatives on good practice and procedures for identifying, preventing, addressing and resolving issues around workplace bullying. The full document is available here: Code of Practise on Prevention & Resolution of Bullying at Work

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HSA publish guidance on working from home for employers and employees

November 2, 2020adminBloghomeworking, HSA, work from home, working from home

Homeworking allows employees and the self-employed to work remotely from their main place of work on a full-time or part-time basis.  However, homeworking does require management and coordination to ensure employees and the self employed are not put at risk from the longer-term health and safety hazards. With a large percentage of those who can…

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HSA to begin immediate inspection & awareness blitz.

February 25, 2020adminBlogdriver safety, health and safety, HSA, road safety, safety, trant omeara, vehicle maintenance, workplace safety, yoursafetyspecialist

HSA to begin immediate inspection & awareness blitz. Inspectors from the Health and Safety Authority (HSA) will begin a two-week inspection and awareness safety blitz from Monday 24th February. The nationwide campaign will focus on the management of vehicle risks in the workplace such as driving for work, vehicle operations and load securing. It comes…

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Irish Road Safety Week (IRSW) takes place from Monday 7 October to Sunday 13 October 2019

October 4, 2019adminBlogdriver safety, HSA, rsa, safety, training, trant omeara

Irish Road Safety Week (IRSW) takes place from Monday 7 October to Sunday 13 October 2019. Here at Trant O’Meara we believe that health and safety should be at the forefront of every business in Ireland today. Driver behaviour is one of the key functions of a safer fleet, reducing the instances of speeding and…

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Vehicles identified as the biggest workplace killer in Ireland in HSA Annual Report.

September 9, 2019adminBlogfarm safety, HSA, safety, trantomeara, workplace safety

The HSA launched its’ annual report for 2018 last week with vehicles being identified as the biggest workplace killer in Ireland. A total OF 39 people died from workplace accidents last year, with 17 of those as a result of vehicles, new figures released by the Health and Safety Authority (HSA) reveal. The farming sector had…

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Health and Safety Authority announce farm inspection safety campaign

April 18, 2019adminBlogfarm safety, health & safety, HSA

The Health and Safety Authority will begin an intensive inspection campaign on Tuesday 23rd April with a focus on the safe use of tractors and machinery on farms. Over the last 10 years, (2009 – 2018) over half (51%) of all fatal farm injuries involved vehicles (30%) and machinery (21%).  Farm vehicles are generally defined…

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