Farm Safety Survivor Series: The Risk of Slurry Gas Poisoning

The second episode of the Farm Safety Survivor Series brought to you by Agriland, in association with AXA and the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM), focuses on the risk of gas poisoning when agitating slurry.

In today’s podcast, Agriland news journalist Rubina Freiberg speaks to Mervyn Clendenning from Co. Longford who fell unconscious after he was overcome by slurry fumes in 2021, and Health and Safety Authority (HSA) inspector, Jason Murray.

Clendenning had just started letting the cows out of the parlour when his local contractor started agitating. After noticing a smell, he went to leave the parlour but collapsed and fell down the stairs, cracking his head off the concrete floor.

HSA inspector, Jason Murray speaks about precautionary measures farmers should take when agitating slurry, the key safety actions farmers should take before handling slurry, and shares advice on best practice when inspecting slats.