7% of all work related fatalities across Ireland in 2023 occurred in Carlow

The Health and Safety Authority (HSA) Ireland have released their report for 2023.

Data shows that there were forty-three work related fatalities across Ireland throughout the past year.

Out of the forty-three workers who died in 2023, 53% were self-employed and 51% were workers aged over fifty-five.

Of the forty-three fatalities, thirty-nine were male and four were female.

The HSA statistics indicates a continued high level of fatalities in farming (sixteen fatalities) and construction (eleven fatalities) with both sectors accounting for over two thirds of all fatalities in 2023.

County Carlow accounted for 7% of fatalities with a total of three deaths. County Galway had the same number of fatalities as Carlow. 

County Cork accounted for the highest number of fatalities in 2023 (seven fatalities), followed by County Dublin (five fatalities) and County Kerry (five fatalities).