Goat farm fined £180,000

A Yorkshire goat farming company has been fined £180,000 and ordered to pay £20,000 in costs after a farm worker was run over and fatally wounded. An investigation by the HSE found that the employee had stepped out from a door into the path of a reversing telehandler. The driver was unable to see the worker so could not take action, and she was struck by the vehicle. This incident could so easily have been avoided by simply segregating vehicles and pedestrians.