Clive Benson won his fight against his former employers, Shorewood Bakeries, recently and received a £3,000 compensation payout for injuries sustained whilst working in one of their major processing plants in Nottingham.
The court heard that Mr Benson, who worked for the company for 12 years, lost all sensation in his right hand as a direct result of nerve damage caused by, “excessive contact with vibrating machinery without the use of appropriate personal protective equipment.”
Mr Benson, who worked as a mixer at the plant, developed the injury after working with the machine without wearing specialist safety gloves. The condition, known as Hand Arm Vibration Syndrome (HAVS) can cause injury to the blood vessels, nerves and joints and is described by the Health and Safety Executive as being, “serious and disabling.”
Shorewood Bakeries, which employs over 170 people, expected staff to purchase their own (more…)
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33- year-old Laurence Duncan crashed into a wall whilst attempting to drive a fire engine out of the fire station. As a result he suffered whiplash, severe nausea and vomiting.
In November of this year, the fire station installed automatic gates to prevent firemen from getting in and out of their vehicles to open gates manually. The gates had been malfunctioning from the beginning and the men had reported this to their captain.
A witness at the scene of the accident stated:
“Laurence swerved at the last minute to avoid crashing into the gates which began to close when they should have been opening.”
The Holly Oak Court judge, Sir Gerald Fellows, said:
“Mr Duncan is perfectly justified in making a claim for compensation. Authorities were (more…)
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Maclaren, the Northamptonshire based pushchair manufacturer, has agreed compensation for 40 children who suffered finger injuries in the hinges of their buggies. Some children even lost their fingertips in the pushchair mechanism accidents.
Whilst Maclaren has not admitted liability, it has agreed to payouts ranging from £2,500 to £10,000 depending on the severity of the injuries. The money given to each child will be invested until they are 18.
This long-running group action case, brought by legal firm Russell, Jones and Walker, began in late 2009, though some injuries occurred as far back as 2003.
Cathy Wickenden’s daughter, Bobbi, was aged 2 when, in 2008, the top of her ring finger was cut off in the hinges of her buggy. Ms Wickenden adds:
“We were packing up on the last day of our holiday and the buggy, which was brand new, was folded up. Bobbi went round to (more…)
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One of the largest ever class actions in British medical history is being faced by Liverpool Women’s NHS Trust Foundation, following over 200 claims concerning bladder operations being botched by Consultant George Rowland between the late 1990s – 2007 at Aintree Centre for Women’s Health.
Mr Rowland performed 1500 operations at the Centre during this period on patients suffering from incontinence problems, so the number of claimants could double after investigations have unearthed problems with 30% of his cases.
He operated on patients with incontinence, many of whom have since suffered painful side effects and more severely with the original problem than before their operations.
Independent investigators have concluded that Mr Rowland also operated unnecessarily on female patients after (more…)
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In the year 2008/09 there were 29.3 million days lost due to work-related ill health and work place injuries, an average of 1.24 days per worker according to statistics by the Health & Safety Executive. Therefore it is vital that employers seek to make provisions to ensure that their employees’ health and safety is adequately protected.
There are many statutory regulations for the protection of employees, including the Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999, and the Workplace (Health, Safety and Welfare) Regulations 1992. If an employer breached their duty under these Regulations this would be strong evidence of fault in a personal injury claim. In order to bring a successful injury at (more…)
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A seventeen year old man has endured agonising injuries after 700kg of steel fell from a trolley he was working with and pinned his right leg to the floor.
His employer, Dranson Ltd., Wolverhampton, has pleaded guilty to breaching the Health and Safety at Work act. Dranson Ltd. has been fined £8,000 and ordered to pay £3,603 costs.
The teenager had been working with colleagues pushing steel on a trolley into the warehouse. As the men pushed the trolley, a wheel got caught on a ramp. This caused the trolley to topple to one side and the load fell, pinning the (more…)
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A Kent schoolboy was seriously injured and could claim for compensation after apparently falling from the window of a school bus.
13 year old Matthew Harwood, a pupil at Cornwallis Academy in Maidstone Kent, was injured after he fell through a side passenger widow near the front of the bus. The incident occurred on his journey home from school.
It was initially believed that the fall had been an accident. However, witnesses later confirmed that the incident followed an altercation with other youths on the bus.
Matthew was taken to Maidstone hospital following the incident where he received treatment for a broken right arm and a lacerated (more…)
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