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NI company fined after working at height incident

NI company fined after working at height incident

Londonderry-based construction company Taggart Homes Limavady Limited has been fined today (Monday, December 20) for two health and safety failings,...

December 20, 2021
NI farm and contractor fined after workers fall from telescopic handler forks

NI farm and contractor fined after workers fall from telescopic handler forks

A Newtownstewart-based company and a self-employed contractor have been fined for health and safety failings after two workers fell from...

September 30, 2021
Buying farm machinery: What should you look out for?

Buying farm machinery: What should you look out for?

With farm machinery becoming an increasingly important element in the business of farming today, particular care must be paid when...

August 11, 2021
Man killed at Linden Foods Dungannon plant

Man killed at Linden Foods Dungannon plant

A man has died in an incident today (July 5) at Linden Foods’ factory in Dungannon, Co. Tyrone in Northern...

August 6, 2021
Co. Down farmer fined £25,000 after construction accident death

Co. Down farmer fined £25,000 after construction accident death

A Castlewellan farmer has been fined £25,000 after a labourer aged in his 20s died on his farm during a...

July 5, 2021
Agricultural bodies join forces to form NI Rural Health Forum

Agricultural bodies join forces to form NI Rural Health Forum

Agricultural stakeholders in Northern Ireland have joined forces to establish a NI Rural Health Forum to lobby on health issues...

April 14, 2021
Farmers urged to think ‘SAFE’ as slurry spreading period approaches

Farmers urged to think ‘SAFE’ as slurry spreading period approaches

The Health and Safety Executive for Northern Ireland (HSENI) is urging the region’s farmers to take simple safety measures when...

January 26, 2021
HSENI releases 42,000 ‘Avoid Harm on the Farm’ child safety calendars

HSENI releases 42,000 ‘Avoid Harm on the Farm’ child safety calendars

The Chief Executive of the Health and Safety Executive for Northern Ireland (HSENI), Robert Kidd, has launched the ‘Avoid Harm...

December 14, 2020
Bereaved mum turned trailer campaigner to speak out in farm safety webinar

Bereaved mum turned trailer campaigner to speak out in farm safety webinar

A woman whose 19-year-old son was killed by a grain trailer with faulty brakes is to speak at a farm...

September 28, 2020
‘Don’t get caught out by bulls’ HSENI warns farmers

‘Don’t get caught out by bulls’ HSENI warns farmers

Northern Ireland’s Health and Safety Executive (HSENI) has launched its second Farm Safe Essential message, which urges farmers not to...

September 24, 2020
HSENI to take new approach to farm safety messaging

HSENI to take new approach to farm safety messaging

Northern Ireland’s Health and Safety Executive (HSENI) is to take a simpler and snappier approach to its farm safety campaign....

August 14, 2020
Facemasks and temperature checks listed in new NI mart Covid protocols

Facemasks and temperature checks listed in new NI mart Covid protocols

Temperature checks and mask-wearing are to become mandatory in Northern Ireland livestock marts as part of the latest set of...

July 23, 2020
Enquiries made following fatal farm incident in Derry

Enquiries made following fatal farm incident in Derry

Enquiries are being made by authorities following an incident in which a man was killed on a farm in Co....

June 9, 2020
Enquiries made following fatal farm incident in Derry

Enquiries made following fatal farm incident in Derry

Enquiries are being made by authorities following an incident in which a man was killed on a farm in Co....

June 9, 2020
HSENI launches farm safety poster competition following recent incidents involving children

HSENI launches farm safety poster competition following recent incidents involving children

The Health and Safety Executive for Northern Ireland (HSENI) has launched a poster competition for children to promote farm safety...

May 31, 2020
Firm fined following death of man at livestock mart

Firm fined following death of man at livestock mart

A mart firm has today, Friday, March 13, been fined £12,500 (€13,995) following the death of a man at a...

March 13, 2020
Farmers urged to remember ‘slurry mixing code’ during spreading season

Farmers urged to remember ‘slurry mixing code’ during spreading season

Farmers are urged to take extra care when working with slurry by the Health and Safety Executive for Northern Ireland...

January 22, 2020
Avoid Harm on the Farm: 2020 NI children’s farm safety calendar launched

Avoid Harm on the Farm: 2020 NI children’s farm safety calendar launched

A farm safety calendar competition received entries from more than 3,800 school children from across Northern Ireland. The chief executive...

January 17, 2020