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A 74-year-old male farmer died Saturday night after an incident on a farm in West Co Cork.
Gardaí and the Health and Safety Authority (HSA) have begun separate investigations after the incident, in which the man suffered fatal injuries when he was attacked by a Friesian bull in the back and hit his head on his dairy farm in Ballyinaloughy in Ballinhassig. just before 8 pm on Saturday.
The alarm was raised by two men who worked with the farmer and emergency services attended to the scene. It is understood that the man was pronounced dead at the scene and his body was transferred to the University of Cork Hospital (CUH).
Gardaí says they are treating the man’s death as a tragic accident and have begun an investigation into the circumstances surrounding the death, with an autopsy taking place at CUH on Sunday.
Gardaí began taking witness statements from the two men who were working on the farm at the time. Both his statements and the autopsy results will be included in a file for an investigation in the forensic court.
The HSA was notified of the incident and its inspectors will visit the site on Sunday as part of a separate HSA investigation into the man’s death.
Second incident
Saturday’s fatal incident is the second involving a farmer and livestock in Co Cork in the space of six weeks, after the death of Paddy Curtin, the father of four, 64, after he was attacked by a bull while feeding. the cattle for the last time. month.
According to the HSA, agriculture remains the most dangerous workplace in Ireland in terms of fatal accidents overall, with about 18 people dying in accidents on Irish farms in 2019.
According to HSA figures, 214 people died in accidents on Irish farms between 2010 and 2019, and tractors and farm vehicles accounted for 30 percent of these deaths.
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