Gisburn Auction Marts fined £18,000 after employee killed by dairy bull

Gisburn Auction Marts has been fined £18,000 and ordered to pay costs of £8,819 after an employee was fatally injured while helping to load a dairy bull into a lorry.

Hannah Binns
News Reporter
clock • 1 min read
Gisburn Auction Marts fined £18,000 after employee killed by dairy bull

Gisburn Auction Marts has been fined 18,000 and ordered to pay costs of 8,819 after an employee was fatally injured while helping to load a dairy bull into a lorry. Preston Magistrates Court heard on...

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