Dempsey at Large: a safety inspection – no appointment necessary

After a look at the electrical work and a general inspection of the yard, the visit was to my huge relief over.

6 September 2017

While the Department’s compliance inspections and the Bord Bia Quality Assurance Scheme checks are fixed for a time that suits everybody, the health and safety inspectors simply come in, produce their official identification badge and ask to be taken around the place.

Farming – more dangerous than every other occupation in the country combined.

It’s impossible not to be aware of the endless stream of farm accidents – some fatal and many having a fundamental effect on the rest of a person’s life.

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