Prioritising Safety in Outdoor Work: Responding to the HSA’s Recent Alert The Health and Safety Authority (HSA) has recently issued a pressing advisory urging all outdoor workers to exercise heightened caution. This comes in response to a significant increase in work-related fatalities, particularly among self-employed individuals and farmers . Ger Hartnett, Senior Agricultural Inspector…
Lowest Number of Fatal Accidents on Record Since HSA Established
In a significant milestone, the number of workplace fatalities last year dropped to thirty-three, the lowest figure since the Health and Safety Authority (HSA) was founded in 1989. The fatal accident rate per 100,000 workers has seen a remarkable decline from 6.31 in 1992 (the first year for which comparable statistics are available) to just…
1.6m workdays lost during 2022
The Health and Safety Review have just released a comprehensive review of workdays lost and reasons for during the full year of 2022. Overall during that year 1.6 million workdays were lost with 28 people killed in work-related deaths. which was the lowest on record since the Health and Safety Authority (HSA) was established in 1989….
Health and Safety Authority records lowest level of work-related 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…
