October 26th, 2009
A paperboy who suffered a brain injury after being hit by a lorry has been told he is entitled to compensation.
Joshua Smith had applied for the position at the Co-op in Staffordshire just after his 13th birthday in 2005, the Staffordshire Sentinel reports.
However, days after beginning the job, he was hit by a vehicle being driven by Mark Hammond.
The victim suffered a fractured pelvis, an open head wound, a ruptured kidney, bruised lungs, cuts and bruises and a brain injury.
He now has short-term memory problems and is likely to need care later in life.
This week, a judge deemed that Mr Hammond was partly responsible for the accident as his brakes were faulty.
The amount of compensation Joshua will be entitled to is to be decided at a later date.
According to the Department for Transport, there were 28,572 people killed or seriously injured on Britain’s roads in 2008.
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August 14th, 2008
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has issued a warning to all employers regarding the provision of safe working environments after a man was injured in an accident.
Ronald Leslie Cordon, 63, fell two metres from an unprotected wall on a construction site in 2006.
He struck his head on some steelwork and suffered severe bruising, a fractured thumb and nerve damage to his head.
Mr Cordon now also suffers from short-term memory loss.
Simon John Ludgate, who was then manager of Real Estate (Midlands), was fined ?1,500 for breaches of the Health and Safety at Work Act, as well as for faling to report the incident.
HSE inspector Angus Robbins said, given the fact that falls from height are the most common cause of workplace deaths, the incident could easily have resulted in a fatality.
"This case illustrates that risks should be properly assessed and the results acted upon to ensure that decisions can be taken on appropriate equipment and working practices to be used so employees are safe," he said.
All employers are obliged to provide a safe working environment for workers and the HSE will prosecute where appropriate any cases in which this requirement has not been fulfilled.
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