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If you’ve slipped, tripped or fallen in your workplace, you may be able to claim injury compensation. If the accident wasn’t your fault, contact our team today to claim for your injuries.
Middlesbrough woman wins compensation case
Posted: 21 April 2016
Posted in: Leg Injuries, School Accidents, Workplace Injuries, Workplace Slip
A Middlesbrough woman has won her claim for compensation against her employer, Middlesbrough Council, following a fall that caused serious damage to her leg. Mrs Linda Williams had been working as a kitchen assistant in a Middlesbrough primary school for 18 years. The 58-year-old claimant had been walking through the dining room during the lunch time service to collect some kitchen equipment when the accident happened. She slipped on a patch of wet floor which had just been mopped following a pupil urinating on it. There was no notice to…
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£23,000 to teacher who slipped in puddle
Posted: 28 May 2014
Posted in: Foot Injuries, Public Place Accidents, School Accidents, Spine & Back Injuries, Workplace Injuries, Workplace Slip
A teacher has received £23,000 in compensation after slipping on a puddle of water in a school corridor. The teacher suffered serious ligament damage in the accident, with injuries to their feet and ankle. The court ruled that the school was to blame for the accident, awarding the unnamed teacher with £23,000 in a taxpayer-funded settlement. The claim came to light following a Freedom of Information request to West Sussex County Council, which runs the school. It was highlighted that the compensation package awarded to the teacher was higher than…
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Injury claims cost Essex County Council £1m
Posted: 4 March 2014
Posted in: Arm Injury, Head and Brain Injuries, School Accidents, Spine & Back Injuries, Workplace Injuries, Workplace Slip
Essex County Council has paid out over £1m over the last three years to staff injured in Essex schools. The largest payout, nearly a quarter of the total compensation paid to staff hurt in the city’s schools, went to a teacher who slipped on a ketchup packet. The teacher was awarded with £230,000 in compensation. Figures revealed that Essex County Council has paid out a total of £1.05m to 34 claimants between 2011 and 2013. This information was made available following a freedom of information request. Most of the payouts…
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Council worker compensated for burnt hand
Posted: 15 January 2014
Posted in: Hand Injuries, Public Place Accidents, Spine & Back Injuries, Workplace Injuries, Workplace Slip
A council worker has received a £3,000 payout after severely burning their hand on a hot fish pie while serving lunch. This was one of the numerous claims paid out by authorities in Greater Manchester to their own staff in the last year. Other injuries included hurting themselves while setting up a trampoline, tripping while delivering leaflets, being assaulted by aggressive members of the public and many others; all of which won full compensation. The area’s ten local authorities have faced a huge number of claims from employees since the…
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Food company fined for failing to protect workers
Posted: 30 November 2012
Posted in: Employer Negligence, Falls from Heights, Shoulder Injuries, Spine & Back Injuries, Workplace Injuries, Workplace Slip
A global ingredients company has been fined for safety failings after two workers were seriously injured in separate incidents a year apart at its UK manufacturing base near Hitchin. In the first incident, in July 2009, a maintenance engineer fell more than two metres while attempting to clean flour product from inside an elevated conveyor. He stood on the frame of a nearby machine to remove upper guarding on the conveyor but slipped, fracturing his right shoulder blade and a vertebra in his spine when he hit the floor below.…
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