Farm Safety Week 2024 - PJ's Story

For the past number of years, to mark the week, IFA has spoke with farm accident survivors and families of a farm accident victims, and encouraged them to tell their stories to raise awareness on this issue. Our farm accident story this year is told by PJ Fitzsimons from Co. Monaghan. PJ’s father Peter lost his life in a farm accident when he fell through farm shed roof and suffered fatal injuries. PJ was with his father at the time of the accident, and recalls the events, the impact it had on him and his family’s life, how they coped with grief, and highlights the importance of farm safety. We are very thankful to all those individuals who appeared in various video campaigns since the beginning of the Farm Safety Week initiative to highlight the importance of farm safety. For those who have survived, we thank you for your bravery in recalling those events and we forever remember those who were lost to us.