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Not all incidents which result in cases involving a personal injury specialist happen in towns and cities, the countryside can be the source of accidents and illness to people who both live in and visit rural areas.
In particular, farms are a hazardous environment, the agriculture industry being where, in proportion, apart from building construction, more people are killed and injured than any other.
Depending on the type of farm - livestock, arable, mixed or horticulture - there will be different hazards and potential for industrial illness from which an employee, or visitor, may suffer a personal injury which is not their fault.
Among others, livestock farms can have herds of cattle, both beef and dairy, flocks of sheep, pigs or hens and tending to each will incur some risk to people going near them.
It's not just bulls which can be a danger to a herdsman, cows can become alarmed, especially if frightened by a dog, and can stampede or crowd a farmworker or dog-walker passing nearby.
Although the risk of contracting an infection is small, pregnant women are advised not to have contact with sheep during the lambing season, January to April, and farmers have a responsibility to ensure women are aware of the problem and stay away from areas with ewes and lambs.
Despite being much smaller than cattle, a herd of pigs or an angry boar can cause serious harm if they are alarmed and can attack people. The so-called swine flu is a virus which was transmitted from pigs to humans and can cause a debilitating illness but is not likely to be caught from farmed pigs.
Poultry-keepers who look after hens have the potential risk to their health of developing the work-related illness occupational asthma as a result of their exposure to poultry dust.
Similarly, regularly handling cereal crops can lead to a worker breathing in dust from mouldy hay or similar crops which can cause a permanent allergic reaction.
With the mechanisation of agriculture in the last century, machines ranging from combine harvesters to automatic milking machines have become more and more sophisticated with a continuing risk of electrocution, cutting injuries and crushing among others. Although tractors have compulsory safety devices, it is still possible for them to overturn, injuring or killing the driver.
Horticulture is a slightly safer industry but workers and visitors to nurseries and fields need to take some care. Despite the advent of plastics, most plant-growing buildings are still made of glass with all its potential for breakages.
Rural accidents with the personal injury specialists at YouClaim
Should an accident or industrial illness have affected you while working or living in the countryside which was not your fault, and you feel you would benefit from the advice of solicitors who are personal injury specialists, YouClaim's panel of experienced lawyers can probably help.
With their wide range of experience across all fields of personal injury, you can be sure of first-class attention, backed by the knowledge that not only are the lawyers supervised by the Solicitors Regulation Authority, they operate under the no win no fee system.
This means you will receive free advice and, if you decide to proceed with a legal claim for compensation, under the no win no fee system, should you win, as many of our clients do, then you will not have to pay lawyers' fees and you can keep 100% of all damages awarded.
To find out more about our personal injury specialists' services, which are available throughout the UK, you can use the claim form on this page or call us free on 0800 10 757 95
