The IFA has announced this Farm Safety Week that it is appointing William Shortall as its new farm health and safety executive starting from 1 September.
Stark accident numbers show the appointment is welcome and challenging.
Shortall, a Nenagh-based IFA regional development officer, has qualifications in agricultural engineering and health and safety.
He will lead a new peer-to-peer initiative to help farmers advise each other on safety.
Read more
'Better understanding needed of the implications of a farm accident'
Farm Safety Week 2018 trying to get farmers out of a vicious circle
‘It’s something that happens in a split second’
The IFA has announced this Farm Safety Week that it is appointing William Shortall as its new farm health and safety executive starting from 1 September.
Stark accident numbers show the appointment is welcome and challenging.
Shortall, a Nenagh-based IFA regional development officer, has qualifications in agricultural engineering and health and safety.
He will lead a new peer-to-peer initiative to help farmers advise each other on safety.
Read more
'Better understanding needed of the implications of a farm accident'
Farm Safety Week 2018 trying to get farmers out of a vicious circle
‘It’s something that happens in a split second’
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