Fatal incidents involving animals are on the increase on farms in Northern Ireland, new research shows.
Her story comes the Health and Safety Executive for Northern Ireland are highlighting research showing that fatal incidents involving animals are on the increase.Fatal incidents involving animals are on the increase
"Suddenly, he just jumped into the field where 18 cattle were grazing and they immediately started to circle around him," she said. She lay in the field without her mobile phone, but eventually managed to make her way out to a nearby road where a neighbour spotted her.After an initial medical assessment, an air ambulance was called and Heather was brought to the Royal Victoria Hospital in Belfast. She would spend more than six weeks in hospital."That was just so devastating for me and it very easily could have been me," Heather said.
As a local charity, it aims to raise £2.5m each year to maintain the service. The service is a partnership between the charity and the Northern Ireland Ambulance Service. A recent study by the Health and Safety Executive for Northern Ireland undertook an analysis of 50 years of farm deaths and incidents.
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