Farmers are being reminded of the dangers of poisonous slurry gas, and the importance of following the slurry mixing code, ahead of the closed period starting on 15 October Just one breath of the ...

Officials from the Farm Safety Partnership and the Health and Safety Executive for Northern Ireland (HSENI) are advising farmers to stringently follow the slurry mixing code and warning just one ...

The Ulster Farmer’s Union (UFU) has cautioned farmers to take care when mixing slurry in hot weather, as slurry-related incidents account for one in four farming deaths in Northern Ireland. Stored ...

Francis Bligh and Tom Fallon from Teagasc have some advice on staying safe around slurry Over the next few weeks, many farmers and contractors will be busy emptying slurry before the October 15 ...

Poisonous gas is released when slurry is mixed and the effects can be fatal Fewer than one in five farmers who took part in a survey waited the recommended time before entering a building where slurry ...

A farmer required medical attention after he was overcome by fumes while mixing slurry. The man, aged in his 70s, was rescued by another man aged in his 40s who found him collapsed in a shed on his ...

The father of a eight-year-old boy who died while mixing slurry has told of the harrowing final moments before his son was overcome by toxic fumes. Robert Christie from Dunloy in Co Antrim was ...