Trips, Slips and Falls

  • Engineer Who Fell Through Roof Wins £164,000

    An engineer who was seriously injured when he fell through a roof has won more than £164,000 in damages. The 66-year-old man worked for electronics and electrical engineering company Siemens. He was installing CCTV cameras at Liverpool Lime Street...

  • Construction Worker Awarded Millions for Scaffolding Fall

    The construction industry is one of the most dangerous in which to earn a living. A construction worker who was seriously injured in a fall from height at work has secured a compensation package worth millions of pounds. The 38-year-old man was working for...

  • School Worker Receives £15,900 for Toilet Fall

    A school worker who fell from a toilet she was standing on in order to open a window has been awarded £15,900 in damages . Marie Wallace, 64, was a clerical assistant at Kirkriggs School in Glasgow. The accident happened when she attempted to open...

  • £64,500 for Warehouse Slip

    Slipping or tripping is the single most common cause of major injury in UK workplaces. The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) reports that more than 10,000 workers suffered serious injury as a result of a slip or trip in the year 2009/2010. This figure...

  • £40,000 Damages for Factory Fall

    A man who tripped and suffered a severe knee injury at work has won £40,000 in damages. The unnamed man suffered the accident while working for a motor manufacturer. He was walking across an area of the factory floor which had been covered with a...

  • £10,500 for Supermarket Grape Slip

    A man who slipped on a grape at a supermarket in Peterborough has been awarded £10,500 in damages. Thomas Wardle brought a claim against Asda after he slipped and injured himself in January 2008. The exact nature of his injury is not known but it is...

  • Flower Arranger Wins Compensation for Church Fall

    A woman who sought compensation after slipping and falling on an ill-fitting church doormat has reached an undisclosed settlement. The accident happened in 2007, when Margaret Graham, 78, was preparing flower arrangements for a Sunday service at the St...

  • Employer Liable for Workplace Fall and Later Injury

    The former employer of a ceiling fixer who suffered an acute head injury in a workplace fall has lost its appeal against the level of damages awarded by the lower court. Stephen Dalling, 31, was working for R J Heale & Co Ltd. in a disused factory,...

  • Fitter Injured in Ladder Fall Receives £24,000

    Workplace accidents involving falls from height are regrettably frequent. In 2008/09 there were 35 fatalities, 4,654 major injuries, and a further 7,065 injuries where the injured person had to take three or more days off work due to a fall from height. In...

  • Court Awards Damages for Shop Worker's Ladder Fall

    A shop worker who slipped and fell while reaching for a box has won compensation of £9,600. Elizabeth McLachlan was employed at a branch of the Early Learning Centre in Glasgow as a senior sales assistant. A customer wished to see the size of the box...
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