March 21st, 2010
Here at Pryers solicitors in York we have just represented a claimant who was a prison officer. He suffered personal injury during the course of his employment. Whilst accompanying one of his colleagues who was driving a vehicle within the prison grounds, the claimant had to open a security gate and whilst he was standing by the gate, his colleague, attempting to drive through the entrance, trapped the claimant between the vehicle and the gate causing a significant shoulder injury.
Liability for the accident was disputed by the employer’s representatives who maintained that the claimant was the author of his own misfortune.
We successfully argued breaches of Health and Safety regulations and the claimant received compensation of almost £14,000.
Tags: Breaches, Claimant, Colleague, Colleagues, Health And Safety, Injury Liability, Misfortune, Personal Injury Claim, Prison Grounds, Prison Officer, Safety Regulations, Security Gate, Shoulder Injury, Solicitors
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March 15th, 2010
Pyers recently r
epresented a claimant who was employed in a children’s nursery. She suffered an accident whilst required to use a ladder in order to gain access to reset a defective electrical consumer unit. The ladder slipped and the claimant fell some distance suffering multiple minor injuries.
Liability and the value of the personal injury claim were both disputed by the employer’s insurers who maintained that the claimant was the author of her own misfortune.
We successfully argued breaches of Health and Safety regulations and the claimant received compensation of £5,400.
Tags: Breaches, Claimant, Health And Safety, Ladder Fall, Minor Injuries, Misfortune, Personal Injury Claim, Safety Regulations, Wins, Woman
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October 23rd, 2009
A man who worked for Morrisons is suing the supermarket chain after suffering horrific injuries in the car park of one of its stores.
Kevin Brookshaw was arriving for a night shift at the Morrisons store in Crewe in December 2006 when the accident occurred, the Crewe Chronicle reports.
As he drove under the car park’s barrier, it suddenly swung forward and crashed through the windscreen of his car.
Mr Brookshaw’s facial injuries were so severe that his wife Pauline did not know him at first. He will never be able to eat or speak properly again and has to be fed through a tube.
"Kevin was literally unrecognisable. His face was entirely split down the middle and covered in blood," Mrs Brookshaw said.
At a recent hearing, Morrisons was fined for breaching health and safety regulations and has admitted liability for Mr Brookshaw’s injuries. It is thought that he will receive a substantial sum in compensation for his pain and suffering.
The supermarket chain said it has since changed the design of the gates on all its stores.
Anyone who is injured on supermarket premises because of the negligence of the occupier may be entitled to make a compensation claim and should seek the advice of a solicitor specialising in personal injury compensation claims.
Tags: Car Park, Chronicle Reports, Compensation Claim, Crewe Chronicle, Facial Injuries, Health And Safety, Horrific Accident, Horrific Injuries, Morrisons Store, Negligence, Night Shift, Occupier, Personal Injury Compensation, Personal Injury Compensation Claims, Safety Regulations, Solicitor Specialising, Substantial Sum, Supermarket Chain, Wife Pauline, Windscreen
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October 23rd, 2009
A firm in Scotland has been prosecuted by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) after one of its employees was seriously injured by a piece of machinery.
The unnamed man had been filling a Mobile Explosives Manufacturing Unit at Orica UK in Muirside when the accident occurred in February 2008.
He had been pouring emulsion into the machine when it suddenly blocked. As he reached in to clear the blockage, it unexpectedly started again and the man lost two of the fingers on his right hand.
An investigation by HSE officers found that the plant’s equipment was not properly guarded and there was no safe way to clear blockages that did occur. Orica UK was fined £10,000 for breaching health and safety regulations.
HSE Inspector Colin Hutchinson commented: "This was a serious and avoidable incident. All companies conducting similar operations must learn from this incident by making sure their safety procedures are both sufficient and rigidly followed."
According to statistics published by the HSE, 299,000 reportable injuries occurred at work between 2007 and 2008, resulting in the loss of six million working days.
Tags: Blockages, Colin Hutchinson, Emulsion, Explosives, Fingers, Health And Safety, Health And Safety Executive, Hse, Orica, Reportable Injuries, Safe Way, Safety Procedures, Safety Regulations, Scotland, Statistics, Unnamed Man, Workplace Accident
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October 21st, 2009
A man who suffered a back injury at work has been awarded £22,000 from his former employer.
John Atkin was a delivery driver for Johnston Press in February 2007 and had been delivering newspapers in Northumberland.
However, when he came to unload at a drop-off point, he found that the newspapers had been put in the van incorrectly and had shifted.
As he went to rearrange them in the confined space, he badly injured his back.
Due to the injury affecting his right arm and shoulder, Mr Atkin has been unable to work since.
He took legal action against Johnston Press, which admitted breaching health and safety regulations and has agreed to pay £22,000 in compensation.
According to the Health and Safety Executive, 80 per cent of people will suffer from back pain at some point in their lives. Much of this is caused or worsened by duties at work and employers should have measures in place to avoid such injuries.
Tags: Back Injury, Back Pain, Confined Space, Delivering Newspapers, Delivery Driver, Health And Safety, Health And Safety Executive, John Atkin, Johnston Press, Measures, Northumberland, Right Arm, Safety Regulations, Shoulder Mr
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