# Health and Safety Authority
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This month
April 2024
HSA Inspection
Irish Farmers' Association criticise plans for 'blitz of farm inspections' amid heavy rain
3 Apr
17.6k
27
This year
2024
Health and Safety Authority
Significant increase in number of work-related deaths last year compared to 2022
43 people lost their lives in work-related incidents in 2023 compared to 28 the previous year.
Agriculture, forestry and fishing accounted for 20 fatalities, with farming accounting for 16 of these fatalities.
HSA Assistant Chief Executive Mark Cullen told The Journal that fatalities in the agriculture and construction sectors remain "stubbornly high".
5 Jan
7.3k
15
Last year
2023
Clare
Two farmers fined for health and safety breaches that led to death of a man on farm
31 Jul 2023
23.0k
Health and Safety Authority
Engineering company fined €750,000 over death of worker after he fell 24 metres
26 Jun 2023
24.7k
All time
Workplace accidents
Lowest number of work-related fatalities since records began reported in 2021
31 Dec 2021
9.5k
14
meat plants
Meat plant inspections find lack of social distancing, ill-fitted masks, and asbestos
29 Nov 2020
37.8k
43
hsa
State body that enforces Covid-19 guidelines in workplaces has issued 54 prohibition notices in last six weeks
3 Aug 2020
49.6k
25
Phase Two
Safety expert: 'Some businesses are using return-to-work plans as a fig leaf - they're not sure what it's meant to do'
5 Jun 2020
20.5k
5
INspections
A €20m budget and just 67 field inspectors: Is the HSA up to the task of policing the Covid reopening?
23 May 2020
22.1k
58
Kildare
Man dies in suspected workplace accident at Kildare meat processing plant
15 May 2020
35.5k
6
Health and Safety
Safety watchdog to carry out inspection 'blitz' on construction sites nationwide
21 Oct 2019
15.5k
15
Fatality
Man (60s) dies in workplace accident after falling from height at Dublin 4 building
23 Sep 2019
64.5k
6
hsa
39 people died in workplace incidents last year, with 17 deaths caused by vehicles
30 Aug 2019
8.8k
11
southbank quay
Investigation launched into sudden death of man (40s) in dockland workplace incident
15 Nov 2018
22.2k
11
Workplace accident
Man in his 70s dies after being struck by teleporter at Meath farm
10 Feb 2018
23.5k
10
workplace fatalities
47 people died in workplace accidents last year (and 14 of them were elderly farmers)
3 Jan 2018
11.0k
18
Tragedy
Waterways Ireland employee killed while carrying out work near canal in Leitrim
28 Nov 2017
23.9k
7
Dublin
Laois man dies after being struck by large fuse box at St Patrick's University Hospital
24 Nov 2017
37.5k
21
Workplace accident
Company fined €125k after employee has four fingers amputated
10 Nov 2017
32.2k
10
Safety
Watchdog to target discount and hardware stores for banned hazardous chemicals
11 Sep 2017
20.5k
17
precautions
Some simple steps can make the most dangerous job in Ireland a little safer
24 May 2017
10.6k
22
Workplace accidents
"When I woke up I couldn't move arms, legs - so I had to start from scratch again"
13 Sep 2016
11.8k
1