RISK TAKING AND ACCIDENTS ON IRISH FARMS: AN ANALYSIS OF THE 2013 HEALTH AND SAFETY AUTHORITY SURVEY. ESRI RESEARCH SERIES NUMBER 60 MAY 2017

Watson, Dorothy and Kenny, Oona and Maitre, Bertrand and Russell, Helen (2017) RISK TAKING AND ACCIDENTS ON IRISH FARMS: AN ANALYSIS OF THE 2013 HEALTH AND SAFETY AUTHORITY SURVEY. ESRI RESEARCH SERIES NUMBER 60 MAY 2017. UNSPECIFIED.

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Abstract

The agricultural, fishing and forestry sector in Ireland has the highest rate of both fatal and non-fatal work-related injuries compared to other sectors (Health and Safety Authority (HSA), 2016). The HSA commissioned a 2013 nationwide research study to examine farm safety issues. That study involved a postal survey of farmers selected at random from the HSA database of farms, with a small booster sample of questionnaires completed by face-to-face interview at marts. Findings were presented in a report focusing on descriptive results regarding intentions to work safely, published in 2014 (HSA, 2014). The present study involves an in-depth analysis of the same survey data, but goes beyond the original report in calibrating the data to represent all farms and conducting detailed statistical analysis to identify the most important factors related to risk taking and how this is linked to accidents on farms.

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