Health & Safety Authority Annual Report Summary

Health and Safety Authority published its Annual Report 2010. These are, in our opinion, are the main provisions of the Report:

  1. Health and Safety Authority reported that 51% of their workplace inspections in 2010 resulted in enforcement action.
  2. 16,714 inspections and investigations were carried out in 2010. 8,570 resulted in written advice notes, 599 in Prohibition Notices, 914 in Improvement Notices and 14 voluntary workplace closures were agreed.
  3. The HSA conducted 27 prosecutions and fines totaling EUR 571,900 were imposed by the courts.
  4. There was a slight increase in the amount of accidents reported to the HSA (123 more compared to 2009). Most accidents were reported in healthcare and manufacturing.
  5. 48 fatal accidents were reported to the HSA in 2010. 29 of them occurred in the agricultural, forestry and fishing industries.
  6. The number of lost workdays due to injuries and occupational illnesses fell dramatically in 2010.