47 people were killed in workplace accidents in Ireland last year with 2 of those involving children.
That is an 13% decrease on 2011 when 54 people died in the workplace.
The agriculture sector recorded the highest number of deaths for the 3rd year in a row.
This area saw 21 people killed in 2012 compared to 22 the previous year.
Accidents involving vehicles at work accounted for 19 of the total workplace fatalities last year.
The Health and Safety Authority (HSA) says its receives around 7,000 non-fatal injury reports every year.
Urged to take full precautions at work
The European Agency for Safety and Health at Work says "Slips, trips and falls are the largest cause of accidents in all sectors".
"They have been identified as the main causes of accidents that result in more than 3 days absence from work" it adds.
The HSA adds that hundreds of Irish people are hurt this way each year.
- Slips, trips and falls account for 17% of all notified 4+day injuries
- 21% of injured people were unable to work for over a month
- They were the major cause (44%) of workplace accidents reviewed by the Personal Injuries Assessment Board (2009)
- 22% of workplaces surveyed by HSA Inspectors had not carried out a slip, trip and fall risk assessment
Martin O'Halloran is CEO of the HSA.
He says people from all industries should just make the extra time to take full safety precautions.
