12% of all workplace fatalities last year in Ireland happened in Kerry.
Data from the Health and Safety Authority (HSA) released today shows that 43 people lost their lives in work-related incidents in 2023 in Ireland.
Five of these incidents were in Kerry, which is the joint-second highest of any county, behind Cork with seven, and level with Dublin.
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That’s a rise of five for Kerry, which recorded no deaths from workplace incidents in 2022.
The farming and construction sectors accounted for over two thirds of all workplaces fatalities last year.
