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Motorcyclist wins £130,000 following accident

Posted: 4 April 2016

Posted in: Arm Injury, Hip Injuries, Leg Injuries, Motorcycle Accidents, Road Traffic Accidents, Shoulder Injuries

A motorcyclist has been awarded compensation of £130,000 following a serious accident involving a van. The rider was thrown from his bike when a van pulled out from a side road into his path, causing him to carry out an emergency stop. He was then thrown on to the road, causing him to sustain injuries all over. He sustained fractures to his right leg, left shoulder, clavicle and left wrist and injured his right hip. The claimant had to undergo emergency surgery to his left arm and right knee. After the surgery,…

Accident on crossing despite complaints

Posted: 1 March 2016

Posted in: Arm Injury, Foot Injuries, Motorcycle Accidents, Pedestrian Injuries, Road Traffic Accidents

A Blackburn teenager has been taken to hospital on Monday following a collision with a motorcyclist whilst crossing the road on a zebra crossing. Commenting on the incident, Meadowhead ward councillor, Konrad Tapp, confirmed that concerns were raised several years ago when the crossing was converted from traffic lights to a zebra crossing on the road. Campaigns were ignored, with protesters claiming that the zebra crossing was not adequate in Gib Lane, near St Bede’s School. The teenager was crossing the road at 8.10am on Monday morning when the accident occurred. ‘fractured…

Families injured in coach crash in France

Posted: 24 July 2015

Posted in: Accidents and Sickness Abroad, Arm Injury, Bus Accidents, Hand Injuries, Public Transport, Road Traffic Accidents, Shoulder Injuries

Two families from West Lancashire have claimed for damages after a coach crash in France left them with severe personal injuries. The ten British passengers had been on a coach organised by tour operator Esprite Holidays when it crashed at the end of their skiing holiday. They had been travelling from La Rosiere to Chambéry Airport when the accident happened. Doctors informed them that they were lucky to have survived. It was heard that the coach swerved off the road and overturned whilst carrying 32 British passengers. 42-year-old Sarah Rothwell-Bowness…

Window company fined £20K

Posted: 6 July 2015

Posted in: Finger Injuries, Workplace Injuries

A window supply company has been fined more than £20,000 after an injured worker lost three fingers and a thumb while operating a power saw. It was heard in the Hammersmith Magistrates court last week (30 June) that the 22-year-old employee, who remains unnamed, had been cutting a piece of PVC when the accident happened. The worker disconnected the air supply to the saw, allowing him to move the saw head manually. However, when he pressed down on the saw head, the blade guard rose and trapped his fingers, pulling…

Holidaymaker awarded £30,000

Posted: 16 June 2015

Posted in: Accidents and Sickness Abroad, Finger Injuries

A holidaymaker has been awarded compensation of £30,000 (€40,000) after losing the tip of his finger on a poolside lounger. 72-year-old Vincent Reid, a retired construction manager, had been on holiday with his wife at the Hotel Savoy Palace, Lake Garda, Italy in August 2012 when the accident happened. The holiday company that Mr Reid booked the weeklong trip through, Topflight, was sued for £30,000 under the 1995 Package Holidays and Travel Trade Act in the Dublin High Court. It was heard that the sun lounger was adjusted using the…

Council paid out £101million to injured workers

Posted: 27 October 2014

Posted in: Finger Injuries, Public Place Accidents, School Accidents, Workplace Injuries

New figures have revealed that over the last five years, councils have paid out £101million to injured workers. With local authorities having paid out to 8,800 claimants, the injuries ranged from a teacher injuring herself from falling off a zip wire, to a cleaner splashing bleach in her eye. The campaign manager for the Taxpayers’ Alliance, Andy Silvester, said that some successful claims were evidence of “compensation culture gone mad”. While 372 councils awarded compensation to 8,800 claimants, thousands of other claims were rejected.  Amongst those were two teachers from…

Aircraft engineer wins £600k

Posted: 27 July 2014

Posted in: Arm Injury, Faulty Work Equipment, Leg Injuries, Public Transport, Workplace Injuries

An engineer at Manchester Airport has been awarded a £600,000 payout after the tyre he was inflating was blown up at a pressure 14x higher than expected by faulty equipment. Hendrik Donkers endured a four-year legal battle following the accident, in which he lost both his arm and a leg, before compensation was offered. The father of one had been inflating a tyre that significantly over-inflated due to faulty equipment, causing it to explode on the tarmac. Lufthansa and UK firm Storm Aviation – who provided Mr Donkers with the faulty…

Morrisons employee assaulted

Posted: 26 January 2014

Posted in: Arm Injury, Criminal Injury and Assault, Head and Brain Injuries, Neck Injuries, Public Place Accidents, Shop Accidents

45-year-old Ahmed Mohamud has made a unique personal injury compensation claim against the supermarket giant Morrisons after being “brutally assaulted” by a member of staff.  The customer suffered severe head and neck injuries, as well as a fractured elbow, after being repeatedly kicked and punched by an attendant at the petrol kiosk. Adam Ohringer, his counsel, told London’s Appeal Court that the violence occurred in March 2008 when Mr Mohamud had stopped at a Small Health branch to check his car’s tyre pressure. During Mr Mohamud’s wait at the petrol station,…

Woman dies after 80ft plunge in Primark

Posted: 23 October 2013

Posted in: Arm Injury, Leg Injuries, Public Place Accidents, Shop Accidents, Wrongful & Accidental Death

A woman, who remains unnamed, has died in hospital after falling 80ft (24m) from the third floor of popular clothing store Primark in Liverpool. The accident happened on Tuesday at around 18:00 BST, where she was found at the bottom of the store’s escalators on the ground floor of Church Street’s Primark. The woman had been spotted only moments before the incident near a balcony by the third-floor’s escalators. Believed to be in her late fifties, the woman was immediately treated by a doctor where she was found, but was pronounced dead…

Packaging firm fined over worker's severed fingers

Posted: 3 April 2013

Posted in: Finger Injuries, Workplace Injuries

A packaging firm has been fined £200,000 after an employee severely injured both of his hands when they became trapped in heavy machinery at a Whitehaven factory. The 25-year-old lost four fingers and severed parts of two others in the incident on 14th September 2010. The company was prosecuted by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) after an investigation found the employee had not received suitable training and was not being appropriately supervised at the time he was injured. Carlisle Crown Court heard he had been working on a machine,…

The risks of food manufacturing

Posted: 14 March 2013

Posted in: Employer Negligence, Faulty Work Equipment, Finger Injuries, Hand Injuries, Workplace Injuries

A number of recent cases reported by the Health and Safety Executive have highlighted the risks faced by workers in the food manufacturing sector. Unguarded machinery leads to loss of thumb In one case, an employee at a crisp manufacturer in Newport lost his thumb while working with an unguarded machine. He was attempting to clear a blockage from a potato sorting machine when one of the gloves he was wearing got caught between the rollers and his right thumb was severed. Apparently, the usual company procedure was to use…

Council in court over worker's 230 volt shock

Posted: 18 December 2012

Posted in: Arm Injury, Leg Injuries, Workplace Injuries

Bury Council has appeared in court after one of its employees suffered an electric shock from a 230 volt mains cable. The 33-year-old from Prestwich suffered burns to his wrist, leg and groin and singed his facial hair while removing a lamp post in Radcliffe in June 2011. The local authority was prosecuted by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) after an investigation found he had received inadequate training and supervision for the work, leading to his personal injuries. Trafford Magistrates’ Court heard that new street lights had recently been…

Property developer sentenced over Manchester gas explosion

Posted: 30 November 2012

Posted in: Employer Negligence, Hand Injuries, Head and Brain Injuries, Workplace Injuries

A property development firm has been fined £100,000 following a major gas explosion that injured a worker and destroyed dozens of homes in South Manchester. Manchester Crown Court heard that a former hospital building was being converted into houses and apartments when a worker cut through a six-inch gas pipe in an underground tunnel. He suffered burns to his hands and face when gas inside the pipe ignited. About an hour later, gas that had continued to leak from the damaged pipe ignited again causing an explosion that destroyed a…

Arm Injury Compensation Claims in Manchester

Posted in: Arm Injury, Personal Injury

If you happen to suffer an injury to your arms that was not your fault, then the law recognises the inconvenience of this, and accordingly you can make a claim for compensation against the party that caused the injury. Arm injuries can happen in any number of ways, and it is not possible to list all the different causes. The most common forms of arm injury, for which a compensation claims are made, are as follows: road traffic accidentsaccidents at workindustrial accidentsmedical negligenceslips, trips, or falls As a result of…