Boy Receives 1.28 Million Euro Following Farm Accident
Mr Justice John Quirke of the High Court in Dublin has approved a settlement award of €1.28m to a County Waterford teenager TJ Kearns, who lost a leg in a farming accident. The farm accident occurred...
View ArticleHSA Launches New Farm Safety Guidelines
The Health and Safety Authority (HSA) has launched new farm safety guidelines with the support of farming organisations. Farms are the most dangerous workplaces in Ireland in terms of fatal accidents....
View ArticleIrish Farm Fatalities More Than Double in 2010
A report released by the Health and Safety Authority has revealed an increase of 127% in fatal accidents on Irish farms in 2010. The number of deaths in the agriculture industry rose from 11 in 2009 to...
View ArticleTeenager Awarded 110,000 Euros for Eye Injury
A teenager who sustained an eye injury when his eye was impaled on an exposed milking machine hook is to receive 110,000 Euros in compensation. Mr. Justice John Quirke heard at the High Court how David...
View ArticleFarm Accidents: Injured Drover to Receive Compensation for Bullock Kick
A cattle drover, who suffered serious injuries after being kicked by a bullock, is to receive damages from his employer after the Supreme Court ruled that the employer had placed the injured employee...
View ArticleFatal Farm Accidents Continue to Rise
A conference in Dublin, organised by the Health and Safety Authority, Teagasc and the Farm Safety Partnership Advisory Committee has heard that the number of fatal farm accidents has already reached 16...
View ArticleJudgement Reserved in Loss of Eye Accident Claim
A decision has been put on hold in respect of a woman´s loss of eye accident claim after evidence in the case was heard at the High Court. Elaine Newman (27), formerly of Mullingar, County Westmeath,...
View ArticleJudge Upholds Combine Harvester Injury Claim against John Deere
A Supreme Court judge has upheld a High Court ruling in a combine harvester injury claim against John Deere – one of the world´s largest manufacturers of farm machinery. In June 1995, thirty-year-old...
View ArticleClaim for a Fall in a Farmyard Barn Resolved at Court
A claim for a fall in a farmyard barn, in which the plaintiff lost his senses of smell and taste, has been resolved at the High Court with the approval of a €300,000 compensation settlement. On 11th...
View ArticleFarmer Fined for Injury to a Worker at a Dairy
A farmer from Killylea in County Armagh has been fined £1,000 by magistrates for a health and safety breach that led to an injury to a worker at a dairy. In June 2015, the unnamed worker was helping to...
View ArticleHSENI Issues Warning about the Dangers of Slurry Pits
Farmers have been issued with a fresh warning about the dangers of slurry pits by the Health and Safety Executive for Northern Ireland and Fire Service. The warning about the dangers of slurry pits was...
View ArticleHSA Launches New Farm Safety Guidelines
The Health and Safety Authority (HSA) has launched new farm safety guidelines with the support of farming organisations. Farms are the most dangerous workplaces in Ireland in terms of fatal accidents....
View ArticleIrish Farm Fatalities More Than Double in 2010
A report released by the Health and Safety Authority has revealed an increase of 127% in fatal accidents on Irish farms in 2010. The number of deaths in the agriculture industry rose from 11 in 2009 to...
View ArticleTeenager Awarded 110,000 Euros for Eye Injury
A teenager who sustained an eye injury when his eye was impaled on an exposed milking machine hook is to receive 110,000 Euros in compensation. Mr. Justice John Quirke heard at the High Court how David...
View ArticleFarm Accidents: Injured Drover to Receive Compensation for Bullock Kick
A cattle drover, who suffered serious injuries after being kicked by a bullock, is to receive damages from his employer after the Supreme Court ruled that the employer had placed the injured employee...
View ArticleFatal Farm Accidents Continue to Rise
A conference in Dublin, organised by the Health and Safety Authority, Teagasc and the Farm Safety Partnership Advisory Committee has heard that the number of fatal farm accidents has already reached 16...
View ArticleJudgement Reserved in Loss of Eye Accident Claim
A decision has been put on hold in respect of a woman´s loss of eye accident claim after evidence in the case was heard at the High Court. Elaine Newman (27), formerly of Mullingar, County Westmeath,...
View ArticleJudge Upholds Combine Harvester Injury Claim against John Deere
A Supreme Court judge has upheld a High Court ruling in a combine harvester injury claim against John Deere – one of the world´s largest manufacturers of farm machinery. In June 1995, thirty-year-old...
View ArticleClaim for a Fall in a Farmyard Barn Resolved at Court
A claim for a fall in a farmyard barn, in which the plaintiff lost his senses of smell and taste, has been resolved at the High Court with the approval of a €300,000 compensation settlement. On 11th...
View ArticleFarmer Fined for Injury to a Worker at a Dairy
A farmer from Killylea in County Armagh has been fined £1,000 by magistrates for a health and safety breach that led to an injury to a worker at a dairy. In June 2015, the unnamed worker was helping to...
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