Articles On: Agriculture, Forestry & Fishing
Accidents, injuries and illness from working in agriculture, forestry or fishing
Farmer’s 4-Year-Old Nephew Killed in Fatal Telehandler Accident
Posted: 10 August 2022
Posted in: Agriculture, Forestry & Fishing, Fatal Accidents at Work, North West England, Workplace Accidents Resulting in Injury
Brian Nutter has received a suspended prison sentenced after a preventable telehandler accident killed his young nephew on the family farm. The workplace accident took place in 2019 and involved the young boy – Harry – riding on the footplate of a telehandler. As Brian Nutter turned the vehicle in the field, Harry fell from his position. He was crushed to death under the wheels of the telehandler. HSE’s investigation into the telehandler accident that claimed Harry’s life found a lack of safety measures that were supposed to prevent an…
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Farmer Imprisoned After Cattle Tramples a Walker to Death
Posted: 9 February 2022
Posted in: Agriculture, Forestry & Fishing, Fatal Accidents at Work, Injuries from Animals & Animal Attacks, Workplace Accidents Resulting in Injury, Workplace Personal Injury
Most farm animals are fairly innocuous, but large animals like cows and horses can pose a serious risk to people. In the event of David Tinniswood, the lack of appropriate safety measures led to an irreversible, but avoidable, tragedy. It’s instances of such misfortune that show businesses don’t just have a duty of care to their workers, but to the wider public who interact with them. On the 30th of May 2020, Tinniswood, his wife, and their two dogs were walking through a public right of way through Ivescar Farm,…
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Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing — Claiming Employer Negligence
Posted in: Agriculture, Forestry & Fishing
If you have suffered an injury, or contracted an industrial disease, whilst working for an agriculture, forestry, or fishing company, contact us to claim compensation. Our panel of employer negligence solicitors can help you claim on a no win, no fee * basis. Call today on 08082391859^ for no-obligation guidance. Agriculture, Forestry & Fishing Health & Safety in the UK Despite the general importance of this industry for cultivating food to sustain us, employees of agriculture, forestry, and fishing only make up a single percent of the entire UK working…
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