Construction deaths increased by 140%.
In a year when 46 people died in workplace incidents
- Construction workplace deaths have more than doubled in the last year from five to 12 in 2019
- Falls from heights are the leading cause of construction worker deaths
- Fatalities are more common in smaller construction companies with fewer than 10 employees
- Agriculture remains the most dangerous sector in which to work with 18 deaths, and older farmers are most at risk
- Vehicles, falls from heights, drowning, and getting trapped or crushed, were the main cause of fatal injuries
- Wexford had the highest number of fatalities with seven deaths in 2019
- Cavan, Longford, Leitrim, Laois, Meath, Offaly, Sligo and Westmeath had no workplace deaths
- April was the most dangerous month with six deaths, while November had no fatalities reported www.hsa.ie