November 6th, 2008
A man who was permanently disabled after falling from a tower is to receive compensation for his injuries.
Robert Wilson, 67, was a self-employed contractor working on the refit of a shop in Enfield in 2006, Get Bracknell reports.
However, he fell from a scaffolding tower that did not have a fence around it, suffering head and chest injuries in the process.
Mr Wilson can no longer work and needs a specially adapted car.
E&F Joinery, the company responsible for the refit, was prosecuted for breaches of health and safety regulations.
The case will now appear in a civil court in order to decide how much compensation Mr Wilson will receive.
Under the Work at Height Regulations 2005, every employer should make sure that work is not carried out at height when it can be successfully carried out at ground level.
Where work at height is carried out, employers are legally obliged to take adequate steps to prevent falls.
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June 27th, 2008
A construction worker who fell from 18 feet from a cooling tower has won his claim for compensation, it has been reported.
Following the accident at Didcot Power Station in Oxfordshire, Stephen Deakes of Stainforth suffered serious head and chest injuries and requires around-the-clock care.
Mr Deakes was installing plastic packing inside the cooling tower when the accident occurred, according to the Thorne Gazette.
Judge Reddihough ruled at Sheffield Crown Court that employers Thermal Energy Construction Ltd would have to pay a sum large enough to cover Mr Deake’s life-long care and any future specialist equipment he requires.
Hi wife Amanda commented: "Without the settlement we would constantly be worrying about where the money was coming from for his physiotherapy, communication aids, wheelchairs and anything else that crops up in the future."
Recently, a worker in the US spent three hours bleeding after an accident involving the fan blades of a rooftop cooling tower, reports the Las Vegas Review Journal.
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June 12th, 2008
British Transport Police have launched an investigation after three people working on railway power cables were injured when they fell 20 feet from an elevated platform.
Network Rail said the workers were taken to hospital following the accident which occurred in Essex, reports the BBC.
Following the incident, the line which runs from London Liverpool Street to Colchester, Ipswich and Norwich was closed for over an hour and services were disrupted.
The workers had been making repairs after a train brought down a mile of electric cable on Monday (9th June), causing disruption to travellers.
Chris Allen, a paramedic with the East of England Ambulance Service said: "One man had suffered head and chest injuries and another suffered minor leg injuries."
Mr Allen added: "A third patient, approximately middle-aged, suffered head injuries and chest and leg pain and was flown to Queen’s Hospital, Romford."
In related news, a female Network Rail staff member was recently awarded £100,000 compensation after mistreatment by colleagues drove her to a nervous breakdown, reports the Daily Telegraph.
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