Speaking to the Irish Farmers Journal on Tuesday, An Garda Síochána press office said that the man, an organic drystock farmer and well-known contractor, was working beneath a 4x4 vehicle when an accident occurred and the vehicle fell on top of him.
The incident happened on a farm in Ballybrenogue, Cullen, Co Tipperary, just after 4pm on Monday 5 December and the man was pronounced dead at the scene.
His body has since been removed for a post-mortem and the Health and Safety Authority have inspectors at the scene.
This is the 19th farm death of 2016, up one on last year's 18 fatalities, and the third one in Co Tipperary. It is also the tenth farm death this year where the victim has been aged 60 years or over.
It really brings it all home when it is someone in your own locality
Speaking to the Irish Farmers Journal, IFA chair for south Tipperary Simon Ryan said the news had come as a shock.
"It really brings it all home when it is someone in your own locality. It is really shocking," he said.
Farm safety courses
Since the record high of 30 farm deaths in 2014, the Department of Agriculture has moved to include farm safety training elements in some of its pillar two schemes under the Common Agricultural Policy.
For example, under TAMS II, applicants have to complete a half day farm safety code of practice within the last five years prior to the date of application or the submission of their claim for payment, or have completed the FETAC Level 6 Advanced Certificate in Agriculture (Green Cert), which includes a farm safety element.
Nobody goes out to have an accident on the farm but pressure like that does not help
However, Brian Rohan of Embrace Farm says these courses are only as good as the people who use them.
"They might not make an impact on everybody," he said.
Rohan added that one of the main pressures on farmers is on-the-spot inspections, which can take a full day on the farm.
"This puts the farmer under extra pressure to get work done another time," he said. "I know of a farmer who had three inspections over four days this year, including an on-the-spot full cross compliance inspection. If the Department gave some notice of inspections then at least the farmer could plan the week's work in advance and get some of it out of the way. As it is, he is trying to catch up afterwards and this means he is more likely to slip up and have an accident. Nobody goes out to have an accident on the farm but pressure like that does not help."
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Speaking to the Irish Farmers Journal on Tuesday, An Garda Síochána press office said that the man, an organic drystock farmer and well-known contractor, was working beneath a 4x4 vehicle when an accident occurred and the vehicle fell on top of him.
The incident happened on a farm in Ballybrenogue, Cullen, Co Tipperary, just after 4pm on Monday 5 December and the man was pronounced dead at the scene.
His body has since been removed for a post-mortem and the Health and Safety Authority have inspectors at the scene.
This is the 19th farm death of 2016, up one on last year's 18 fatalities, and the third one in Co Tipperary. It is also the tenth farm death this year where the victim has been aged 60 years or over.
It really brings it all home when it is someone in your own locality
Speaking to the Irish Farmers Journal, IFA chair for south Tipperary Simon Ryan said the news had come as a shock.
"It really brings it all home when it is someone in your own locality. It is really shocking," he said.
Farm safety courses
Since the record high of 30 farm deaths in 2014, the Department of Agriculture has moved to include farm safety training elements in some of its pillar two schemes under the Common Agricultural Policy.
For example, under TAMS II, applicants have to complete a half day farm safety code of practice within the last five years prior to the date of application or the submission of their claim for payment, or have completed the FETAC Level 6 Advanced Certificate in Agriculture (Green Cert), which includes a farm safety element.
Nobody goes out to have an accident on the farm but pressure like that does not help
However, Brian Rohan of Embrace Farm says these courses are only as good as the people who use them.
"They might not make an impact on everybody," he said.
Rohan added that one of the main pressures on farmers is on-the-spot inspections, which can take a full day on the farm.
"This puts the farmer under extra pressure to get work done another time," he said. "I know of a farmer who had three inspections over four days this year, including an on-the-spot full cross compliance inspection. If the Department gave some notice of inspections then at least the farmer could plan the week's work in advance and get some of it out of the way. As it is, he is trying to catch up afterwards and this means he is more likely to slip up and have an accident. Nobody goes out to have an accident on the farm but pressure like that does not help."
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Cork farmer fatally injured when quad bike turned over
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