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An old man died after being gored by a bull on a farm in Cork.
The 74-year-old man suffered fatal injuries in the incident that occurred on a farm in front of Ballinhassig, Co Cork.
The man was reportedly tending livestock on Saturday afternoon when he was attacked.
When the alarm went off, emergency services, including paramedics, rushed to the scene about 10 km from Cork city.
However, it is understood that despite desperate efforts to help the injured man, he was pronounced dead on the scene before he could be rushed to Cork University Hospital (CUH).
The incident is being treated as a tragic accident and a file will be prepared for the Cork coroner.
The Health and Safety Authority (HSA) will be notified as usual in such cases.
It is the second fatal running accident in Cork in the span of five weeks.
On April 2, a 64-year-old man suffered fatal injuries when he was harassed by a bull while feeding cattle on a property outside Charleville on the Cork-Limerick border.
HSA figures revealed that, on average, one person dies in an accident on an Irish farm every 20 days.
Agriculture remains the most dangerous workplace in Ireland in terms of fatal accidents in general.
In 2019, a total of 18 people in agricultural accidents, most involving 55-year-olds.
Most fatal farm accidents involve livestock incidents, machinery accidents, and falls.
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