Clare's Coroner has described as incredible the fact that two Clare men died while going about their jobs within 24 hours of each other last October.
Isobel O'Dea was speaking at the end of separate inquests into workplace accidents that claimed the lives of the men in West and North Clare.
53-year-old Thomas Walsh of Shragh and 51-year-old Kieran O'Driscoll of Fanore both passed away within a day of each other last October last as a result of separate workplace accidents.
Clare Coroner's Court in Ennis heard how bachelor farmer Thomas Walsh caught his foot on the metal blade of a mower on his farm on October 22nd, and made a desperate attempt to crawl back to his house, 80 foot away, to phone for help.
A Health & Safety Authority investigation into his death found that an electric fence wire had become entangled in the topper and while trying to remove it, the 53-year-old's right foot slipped off the edge and into the rotating metal blades.
A jury returned a verdict of accidental death.
The jury also returned an accidental death into the death of Fanore man, Kieran O’Driscoll who passed away at his north Clare home, 24 hours after Mr Walsh.
Mr O’Driscoll sustained fatal compression injuries while repairing his dumper truck on the afternoon of October 23rd last.
The men were among the 56 last year who died in workplace accidents.
