Articles On: Injuries from Animals & Animal Attacks
Accidents involving animals, such as heards or bites from attacks resulting in employee injury
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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