Secondary schools in Kerry are being urged to participate in new farm safety programme.
This programme will be rolled out by FRS Training and it’ll be delivered in November.
The training will offer face-to-face and webinar-led farm safety training modules covering all major farm safety risks and how to mitigate them.
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It’ll cover a range of aspects like livestock, machinery, slurry, working at heights and operating tractors.
The latest figures from the Health and Safety Authority shows that farms remain the most dangerous workplaces in Ireland, with a total of 171 fatal accidents recorded on farms in the past decade.
