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THE HEALTH AND Safety Authority has expressed serious concern at why more people die in workplace fatalities in Cork than in any other county.
New figures show that 12 people died in work-related accidents in Cork last year, up from nine the previous year.
For both years, the county had more than double the number of deaths than the counties in second place , which were Waterford and Dublin.
In 2012, of the nine people who died in workplace accidents in Cork, five were in the fishing sector, two in construction and one in public administration.
In 2013, of the twelve people who died, six were in agriculture, four in construction, one in education and one in fishing. Waterford and Dublin had four deaths each that same year.
The assistant chief executive of the Health and Safety Authority said the numbers of fatalities in Cork have been consistently higher than any other county in recent years.
“We usually analyse fatalities by economic sector but we cannot ignore the fact that for five of the last six years there have been more fatalities in Cork than in any other county,” said Brian Higgisson.
The HSA plans to carry out additional inspections across the county this year in a bid to avert some fatalities.
Higgisson also called on employers and employees to make sure that they’re working in safe workplaces.
Overall agriculture, fishing and construction sectors were found to be the most hazardous sectors to work in.
Twelve people have died so far this year in Ireland in workplace accidents, including two in Cork.
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Hand out more free food and more people will take it…who knew ?
@Gertrude Gilmore: mind your back with all that punching down.. Bend from the knees!
Why are our people going hungry it’s time
@Robert Halvey: Because fate destined it so. If I’m doing alright it’s obviously because some cosmic force deems my worth to be greater than those who are struggling, who obviously deserve it. It’s basic evolutionary biology. Follow the science!
@Robert Halvey: actually it’s Mainly a U.K. thing. And Northern Ireland is the U.K. not Ireland. Compared to standards of living across European countries (comparable countries seen to be 1st world and developed ) the average U.K. citizen is very poor
Scotland and Northern Ireland have one common denominator – apart from VAT they have no control over taxation.
@Peter McGlynn: Not sure how that’s reducing people’s ability to buy food. Surely food isn’t taxed?
If Scottish people aren’t resorting to food banks at the level that people are in NI, they aren’t as badly off.
A country with a Sin Fein majority in power. People of the South should take note.
@Martin O Connell: But there is no actual functioning assembly in Northern Ireland, due to the DUP not wanting to form an assembly after the last election in which they became 2nd place to Sinn Fein and could no longer claim the role of first minister.
Therefore, the political process in NI is essentially in limbo, with civil servants in control of the day to day running of NI and not Sinn Fein.
So if you want to lay blame for any issues that remain unaddressed in NI at the moment, firstly look to the DUP and then to the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland and finally the NI civil service.
In fairness to the NI civil service, they flagged early on that this role being forced upon them would lead to a stagnation of services and numerous other issues the longer it continued.
In fairness to the NI civil service, they flagged early on that this role being forced upon them would lead to a stagnation of services and numerous other issues the longer it continued because they have no mandate or power to change, adapt or respond to any issues.
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