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Minister Coveney Launches Farmer Health and Safety Training Initiative 21 September 2011 A national programme of Half-Day Health and Safety Training courses, organised by Teagasc and the Health and Safety Authority, was launched by the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Simon Coveney TD, today, Wednesday, 21 September. The courses assist farmers to complete a comprehensive farm health and safety risk assessment as required under safety, health and welfare at work legislation. Speaking at the Farm Safety Village at the National Ploughing Championships in Athy, today, Minister Coveney said:” I am very concerned that 17 persons have lost their lives on Irish farms so far this year. This is an unacceptably high number of the workplace fatalities. In addition an estimated 1,800 farmers suffer serious injury on farms each year.” Encouraging farmers to be more vigilant about safety on their farms, Minister Coveney said: “Developing a culture where farm health and safety is effectively managed is the aim of the risk assessment approach built into workplace health and safety legislation. The availability of short half-day training courses for farmers provides an important facility for farmers to gain a clear understanding of the legal requirements at a practical level.” Martin O’Halloran, Chief Executive of the Health and Safety Authority said: ”The Farm Health and Safety Risk Assessment document has been designed to clearly focus on controls which would prevent the vast majority of fatal and serious accidents and ill health arising among farmers. Regrettably, similar types of accidents keep recurring every year on farms in Ireland.“ Dr Tom Kelly, Director of Knowledge Transfer in Teagasc said: “An evaluation by Teagasc and HSA indicated a positive benefit from training. Those farmers who completed a short training course went on to identify 70% more safety controls needed, than farmers who had completed the Risk Assessment without receiving training. The training course provides greater understanding of the critical issues and importantly the ‘motivation’ to implement controls.” Dr Kelly also said: ”Teagasc was particularly anxious that farmers who had not, as yet, completed the Farm Safety Risk Assessment would book into a course over the coming months. While the Farm Safety Risk Assessment document can also be completed online using the web address www.farmsafely.com, which is a completely independent and confidential web site, there were clear benefits in attending the half-day training even where this web based system was being used.“ Mr O’Halloran appealed to farmers to avail of the Training and Advisory services of Teagasc and Agricultural Consultants to improve health and safety on farms. He also requested farmers who had previously completed the Farm Safety Risk Assessment to review their document and consider if further controls were needed.
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Tugann Máinlia Plaisteach Foláireamh d’Fheirmeoirí faoi Nádúr na nGorthuithe a mBaineann Dóibh 18 Lúnasa 2010 Thug an Dochtúir Anne Collins, cláraitheoir agus máinlia plaisteach speisialaithe mion cur síos ar iarmhairtí úafásacha gortuithe feirme agus mhol sí d’fheirmeoirí aird chuí a thabhairt do shláinte agus sábháilteacht feirme ag comhdháil Náisiúnta um Shláinte agus Sábháilteacht Feirme, in Ath í, Co. Chill Dara inniu(Dé Ceadaoin, 18 Lúnasa). ‘I gcás gur gortú trámhach é a bhaineann le hinnealra feirme, déanfaidh na máinlianna plaisteacha a mhéid agus is féidir leo chun na géaga agus codanna eile den chorp a chur ag feidhmiú arís ach is minic a bhíonn srian ar ár gcumas, corp a duine a chur ag feidhmiú mar a bhí’ a dúirt an Dochtúir Collins. Nocht an Dochtúir Collins a tuairimí ag eascairt as suirbhé náisiúnta a léirigh go raibh an garda cumhachtdúiseachta in easnamh in 80% de chásanna ina raibh cumhachtdúiseacht bainteach leis an ngortú, éadaí an -scoilte agus brú ama a bhí i gceist i 40% de ghortuithe. Léirigh an suirbhé go laghdaíonn cumas an fheirmeora teacht slán as gortú a bhaineann le cumhachtdúiseacht de réir mar a théann an feirmeoir in aois. Is é 46 bliana d’aois meánaois na bhfeirmeoirí a gcailltear de bharr gorthaithe cumhachtdúiseachta agus i gcomparáid leis sin tiocfaidh duine 28 mbliana d’aois slán as gortú cumhachtdúiseachta. Ag oscailt na comhdhála chuir Dara Mac Giolla Laoire, an t-Aire Stáit le freagracht speisialta maidir le Gnóthaí Saothair agus Athchóiriú na Seirbhíse Poiblí fáilte roimh láithreacht agus tacaíocht Uachtarán an IFA, an t-Uasal John Bryan, Uachtarán an ICMSA an t-Uasal Jackie Cahill agus Uachtarán Mhacra na Feirme an t-Uasal Michael Gowing. ‘Tá ról lárnach le himirt ag ceannairí na bhfeirmeoirí an teachtaireacht a sheoladh chuig na bhfeirmeoirí go bhfuil bainistiú éifeachtúil um shláinte agus sábháilteacht riachtanach i riaradh feirme ráthúla. Is é an t-aon bhealach ar aghaidh d’eagraíochtaí feirme oibriú le chéile chun cultúr a athrú ionas nach mbreathnófaí ar shláinte agus sábháilteacht mar rud roghnach, ach go mbeadh sé ar bharr an liosta tosaíochta do gach uile fheirmeoir’, a dúirt an t-Aire. D’fháiltigh an t-Uasal Martin O’Halloran, Príomhfheidhmeannach an Údaráis Shláinte agus Shabháilteachta, roimh thacaíocht ó cheannairí na bhfeimeoirí agus ghríos sé na heagraíochtaí feirme uile chun iarracht speisialta a dhéanamh an dhrochbhliain ó thaobh sláinte agus sábháilteacht ar fheirmeacha a fheabhsú. ‘Cailleadh hocht nduine dhéag ar fheirmeacha i dtionóiscí oibre, sin dhá thriain de na bhásanna uile a bhain le obair i mbliana, is léir go bhfuil an-chuid oibre le déanamh’ a dúirt sé. ’Ní mór d’fheirmeoirí a bheith ar an airdeall an t-am ar fad nuair a bhítear ag úsáid tarracóirí, innealra agus feithiclí feirme eile toisc go raibh baint acu le móramh na mbásanna ar fheirmeacha i mbliana’. Thug an t-Ollamh Gerry Boyle, Stiurthóir Teagaisc imlíne dá gclár náisiúnta oiliúna madir le Cód Sábháilteachta agus Sláinte Feirme. Dar leis an Ollamh Boyle, ‘tá dea-thaighde agus dearadh déanta ar na cláir seo agus tá riachtanais na bhfeirmeoirí chun tosaigh iontu. Téann siad i ngleic leis na saincheisteanna coitianta maidir le sláinte agus sábháilteacht agus tugann siad réitigh phraiticiúla maidir le baoil a laghdú agus ionchas taismí a laghdú. Molaim go gach uile fheirmeoir a áit a chur in áirithe ina (h)oifig áitiúil Teagasc.