December 19th, 2008
A little boy who was seriously hurt when he trapped his finger in a door has been awarded compensation for his injuries.
Ajmal Mir, four, was being taken to nursery school by his mother Fatima Jamshad when he ran up to an open door, the Halifax Evening Courier reports.
He put his hand in the hinges as it closed, cutting his fingers badly. The child had to be taken to hospital.
"It was gushing with blood and skin was hanging off. Most of Ajmal’s finger was covered in stitches and it looked horrific," Ms Jamshad said.
She took legal action against Parkinson Lane School, claiming that the door had not been locked or adequately supervised.
The school has now agreed to a payout of £1,700 and said it has since implemented a soft closure mechanism on the door to make sure that this kind of incident does no happen again.
Where accidents in school are caused by defective or dangerous school facilities or inadequate supervision, the injured party may be eligible to claim compensation.
Anyone considering such a claim is advised to seek legal representation, since cases like this can be lengthy and difficult.
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December 10th, 2008
A man who suffered permanent injury to his hand after being exposed to vibrating power tools has been paid compensation.
Mark Twinn, 51, was employed by a London borough council, where he worked with compressors and jackhammers for up to five hours a day, the Workplace Law Network reports.
He took legal action against the council and has now been awarded £5,000 in an out of court settlement for his Vibration White Finger, which leads to leads to painful and disabling disorders of the blood vessels, nerves, joints and muscles of the hands and arms.
"These problems are worse in the winter and brought on by the cold. I struggle to keep my fingers warm in the winter and they become very stiff," Mr Twinn commented on his symptoms.
According to the Health and Safety Executive, around five million workers in the UK are exposed to Hand Arm Vibration at work.
Tags: Blood Vessels, Compressors, Court Settlement, Fingers, Hand Arm Vibration, Health And Safety, Health And Safety Executive, Jackhammers, Joints, London Borough Council, Muscles, Nerves, Power Tools, Vibration White Finger, Workplace Law
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December 8th, 2008
A company has been fined for breaching health and safety regulations after an employee received serious injuries to his hand.
Edward Drayton was working at a potato crisp factory when a machine developed a fault.
He put his hand into the machine in an attempt to rectify the problem, when its motor started up again.
Mr Drayton had to have the first finger of his left hand amputated, as well as needing treatment to his other fingers, one of which was spit open and broken.
Health and Safety Executive inspector Judith McNulty-Green said: "For a man who works with his hands and needs dexterity, these are the most debilitating of injuries but could have been avoided if the company had safe systems of work in place."
PAS (Grantham) of the Cold Store in Easton was fined £10,000 and ordered to pay the full £3,587 costs for breaching safety regulations.
Employers must deal with any hazards that are likely to arise and might cause serious injury to their workforce.
A compensation claim can be made if it can be proved that employers breached this duty of care and that this resulted in accident or injury.
Tags: Cold Store, Compensation Claim, Dexterity, Duty Of Care, Fingers, Health And Safety, Health And Safety Executive, Left Hand, Mcnulty, Safe Systems Of Work, Safety Regulations, Workforce
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October 17th, 2008
A recycling firm has been fined after a worker was injured during a fall at work.
The unnamed man was working for European Metal Recycling on Beevor Street in Warrington when the incident occurred in December 2007.
He had been attempting to move some refrigerator units and was standing on top of one of them in a curtain-sided trailer.
However, he overbalanced and fell ten feet to the floor, dislocating several fingers, breaking a wrist and fracturing a vertebra in his neck.
European Metal Recycling admitted to breaches of the Work at Height Regulations 2005 and was ordered to pay £2,500, as well as £2,454.
Health and Safety Executive inspector Judith McNulty-Green said that 3,000 people were injured after falling from height in the workplace in 2007.
"All companies must assess the risks from work they are undertaking at height and ensure that the work is planned properly and appropriate measures are taken so that workers are not at risk of falling," she added.
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.
Tags: 000 People, Adequate Steps, Breaches, Curtain, Fingers, Health And Safety, Health And Safety Executive, Mcnulty, Measures, People Falling, Recycling, Refrigerator, Risk, Ten Feet, Unnamed Man, Vertebra, Warrington
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