Annual Workers’ Memorial Day event highlights need for concrete action from employers, the Government and the European Union to prioritise workplace safety
United Kingdom real estate investment trust entered the Irish market 10 years ago
Donatas Jokubauskas became caught in conveyor belt system, court hears
My Living World, Worm World Kit recalled after laboratory testing detected a naturally occurring type of the material
Increase comes despite campaigns by Health and Safety Authority as well as farm organisations
Hospitals ‘obliged’ to implement Government-sanctioned salaries, says HSE spokesman
Paramedic says flames spouting from oxygen cylinder seemed ‘as if they were coming from a flamethrower’
Incident took place at site where vacant industrial land is being developed into new homes and offices
The Health and Safety Authority has launched an investigation into the incident
Michael Herron was employee of an independent potato supplier to the large Tayto plant
Company says it is working with the authorities as they investigate incident at Ashbourne facility
Man aged in his 40s died after falling overboard from fishing vessel off northwest coast
William O’Dwyer and Dwyer Nolan Developments summonsed over charges related to fatal injuries suffered by Karl McKeon
Christopher Byrne (79) died after an ambulance in which he was a patient burst into flames
Home and business owners warned not to touch electrical connections on affected Tucson brand circulating pumps
Move comes just before third anniversary of the tragedy which occurred in the Donegal village
Cyclist (27) killed in separate collision on Thursday
Another driver has been hospitalised with injuries not thought to be life-threatening
Ten of farm deaths involved quad bikes over the last decade
The child was involved in an incident near Dungloe on Friday night
Incident occurred yesterday afternoon at a family-owned packaging company
Number of employees leaving ‘last-resort’ service for at-risk children was greater than those joining at one point last year
Safety authority recalls six products due to detection of bacterium Listeria monocytogenes
Inspections of development in Kilcock found ‘severe deterioration’ in safety situation over multiple visits
Michéal Martin describes content of RTÉ investigative programme as ‘absolutely unacceptable’
Some 19 agencies operating under the Department of Enterprise will attend meeting with Peter Burke
Minister joins union and industry representatives at ceremony in Dublin to mark Workers’ Memorial Day
Dublin District Coroner’s Court hears inquiry could not link Stewart Dowling’s death to workplace
Des Hurley (29) died in fall on board fishing vessel in December 2023
Christy Byrne died in 2016 when an oxygen cylinder inside the ambulance ignited and engulfed the vehicle in flames – now his family want to know why a prosecution case against the HSE was dropped
John Flood was repairing roof gutters before he fell about four metres
Incidents involving vehicles still the most likely cause of death, while six people who died were struck by a heavy or falling object, five died after falling themselves, and five were crushed
Investigations by HSA and gardaí into fatal incident at construction site on Thursday
Student Greta Price-Martin sustained catastrophic injuries in incident in April 2024
Oleksandr Kondrashyn fell from the Elbtrader after socialising with its captain
Male passenger was seriously injured on Saturday afternoon near Oranmore
Finn McGrath, who was airlifted to Temple Street Children’s Hospital after the incident, described as a ‘lovely little fellah’
Pat McCrann died at premises in Frenchpark on Thursday evening
All-island organisation accused of failing to ensure people not exposed to risks and over injuries sustained by Elias Adane in January 2020
Incident occurred on Thursday in village of Freshford in north of county
Several prosecutions concerned serious injury or death, authority’s report shows
Second work-related fatality in county in less than a week
Investigation underway into circumstances surrounding death at Wilton Waste plant in Co Cavan
Gardaí and emergency services were alerted to the fatal accident
Five years after he died in a workplace accident, John McCann’s family are still waiting for answers
Child was taken from Lakeside Hotel and Leisure Centre in Killaloe to University Hospital Limerick but was later pronounced dead
Vincent O’Brien died on December 31st 2019 while conducting maintenance work at a water treatment facility
Blaze at Moto Pitstop on Orwell Road began just after 10am
Most accidental encounters with toxic chemicals happen in the home
Health and Safety Authority (HSA) unsure why the number of deaths increased from 28 in 2022 to 43 last year
Carlow farmer Michael Purcell was lucky to survive when his outdated, cabless tractor turned over and pinned him to the ground
Paddy Byrne died from his injuries in a work-related incident in 2011. What followed was particularly painful for his widow as she sought accountability
Workers in health, social care and related areas accounted for almost 25% of all workplace injuries reported last year - HSA statistics
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