Foreign nationals are three times as likely as Irish workers to be killed on building sites;
The number of workplace fatalities overall increased last year by 25 per cent to 73;
Construction and agriculture, with 23 and 18 deaths respectively, continue to have the worst records of all sectors;
Elderly workers in agriculture identified as a particularly high risk group. Eight of those killed in agriculture were aged over 65;
Mining and quarrying experienced an unprecedented six fatalities last year;
Almost one-quarter of local authorities inspected found to be in "limited or no compliance"
with health and safety obligations; and
The most common fatal incident types involved victims being "trapped or crushed by falling object or machinery" (14 deaths), "struck by falling/moving/flying objects" (12 deaths) and falling from heights (10 deaths).