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 13th, 2009
Damages have been awarded to a man who worked as a hospital orderly after he was injured while disposing of clinical waste.
John Kitching from Barnsley had to have seven weeks off work following the incident in 2007, the Sheffield Telegraph attests.
He claimed that Barnsley Hospital had been warned by the trade union GMB before about the safety of the waste bins, which did not have brakes and moved when items were put into them.
"I decided to pursue compensation because I wanted the hospital to finally resolve this health and safety hazard, otherwise more people would be injured in the future," Mr Kitching remarked.
Barnsley Hospitals NHS Trust has now admitted liability and has agreed to an out-of-court settlement of £4,000 for the pain Mr Kitching was caused.
Figures from the Health and Safety Executive show that sickness absence among staff costs the NHS £1 billion a year.
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