BMAC Health and Safety News and Articles
Helping you save livesSo what exactly is manual handling?
Manual Handling Training To comply with the Safety Health and Welfare at Work (General Application) regulations all employees involved in manual handling must be trained. The regulations define Manual Handling as “any transporting or supporting of a load by 1 or more...
Farm Fatalities on the Rise
According to figures released by the HSA (Health and Safety Authority) there were 24 work-related fatalities in Ireland’s agricultural sector in 2017. In 2016 the number of fatalities was 21 and in 2015 the figure was 18. This represents a...