A Kerry doctor believes a culture change is needed to improve farm safety.
To date, 15 people have been killed on Irish farms this year.
Dr Michael Sheehan from Fossa, Killarney is part of a team that carried out an audit on serious farm accidents.
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Between 2014 and 2016, 430 patients were identified as having suffered trauma as a result of a farm accident; they ranged in age from less than one year old to 93.
Farmer workers suffer more than twice as many non-fatal workplace injuries as other workers.
Dr Sheehan told Agritime there needs to be a change in attitude towards farm safety to help curb the increasing number of accidents:
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