Meat plant inspections find lack of social distancing, ill-fitted masks, and asbestos
Inspections of meat processing plants by the Health and Safety Authority have raised a range of concerns.
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Inspections of meat processing plants by the Health and Safety Authority have raised a range of concerns.
Covid-19 inspectors from the HSA have inspected over 1,500 workplaces since mid-June.
Workplaces are grappling with the pandemic-related safety requirements ahead of reopening.
Success in re-opening in Ireland is relying on community transmission of Covid-19 not to rise sharply again.
Gardaí and the HSA are investigating the circumstances of the incident.
So far this year, there have been six reported construction-related deaths.
The body of the deceased has since been removed to Dublin City Morgue.
More than 50 quarries across the country will be inspected next week.
The HSA launched it annual report for 2018 today.
His body currently remains at the scene and the Health and Safety Authority have been notified.
Figures have revealed that work-related accidents hit an all-time low in 2018.
Calls have been made for better protection and safety protocols for all dock and port workers.
The incident happened in a laboratory at the Sanofi Waterford site at around 11.20am.
It is understood that the man may have fallen under a trailer while collecting bales when the accident occurred.
Gardaí are investigating the death of the man.
Gardaí and the HSA are investigating the incident.
The accident happened at a potato farm near Stamullen.
New figures from the Health and Safety Authority show that there were 47 fatal accidents last year, up one from 46 the year before.
Gardaí and the Health and Safety Authority has launched an investigation into the incident.
He was removed to St James’ Hospital where he was pronounced dead.
Another employee had died using the same machine several years before.
The Health and Safety Authority has today launched a nationwide inspection campaign.
Half of the fatalities last year involved self-employed people.
Emergency services were called to the farm at about 3.15pm this afternoon.
Sometimes it’s even a matter of just getting someone to help.
Construction Safety Week is trying to get people to be safer in the workplace.
Patrick Gaffney and Sean Mulleady were struck by a 25 tonne section of masonry block wall.
The accident happened yesterday morning in Ballylongford.
Waterford man Donal Scanlon (21) was on life support before he died.
A second man remains in a critical condition.
The man in his 50s was pronounced dead at the scene.
The Health and Safety Authority were officially informed of the incident today.
The Health and Safety Authority is investigating.
The company has said it was a small localised leak and an investigation has now been launched.
The HSA is warning about a worrying rise in farming accidents.
It was the first workplace accident of 2015.
The accident occurred just after 6pm last night at Killygordon, Co Donegal.
Both incidents took place early this morning, one in Wexford and one in Roscommon.
A director and a shareholder of the company were sentenced in court today over the incident
Juris Baiskis died in 2010 after falling through a roof light.