The sixty-six-year-old man from Shrewsbury, was working as a commissioning engineer with Siemens and had been was installing CCTV cameras, at Lime Street train station in Liverpool, when the accident occurred.

In order to finish the job the man, who has not been named, needed to access a junction box on the station’s roof after gaining permission from Network Rail.
However, as he went to do this, the roof ended up collapsing beneath him and caused him to fall four metres below on top of a fridge.

The man decided to pursue an injury claim because the roof had only been made of an aluminium frame and there had been no warning signs; there was also the fact that he had not been given adequate working at height training by his employer.

The accident had caused the worker to smash the ball of his right shoulder in three places. Despite having endured emergency surgery, he has been left permanently disabled with restricted movement in his arm.

While he was recovering from the accident, he had to sleep upright for a total of 16 months because of the constant pain. He can no longer carry out every day tasks, such as opening cupboards at eye height.

The man was awarded personal injury compensation after Siemens admitted liability, however, Network Rail was also blamed for the incident. At a joint settlement both firms settled the claim for over £164,000.

The man, who had been working as a railway worker for almost 30 years, had been working as a health and safety representative for the company, at the time of the accident.

He had previously warned his employer that the poor lighting at the depot was an accident waiting to happen, however, his bosses ignored his repeated concerns.

Just a few weeks later, the man had been walking across the yard at night in order to drive a train, when he ended up tripping on some discarded rails.

The worker damaged both his wrist and knee with the force of the fall. He was forced to take time off work as he recovered from a soft tissue injury to his left wrist and a sprained knee.

The man decided to contact a personal injury solicitor due to the fact that he had bought up the issue of poor lighting on numerous occasions, yet no one had done anything about it. Also, he did not want any one else injuring themselves in the same area.

An investigation into the incident found that although there were light towers in the yard, only one set had been working; there was also the issue of the discarded rails, which should not have been left where they were.

The man was awarded £4,900 in personal injury compensation after his employer admitted liability and the claim was settled out of court.

The forty-eight-year-old man from Barrow in Furness, had been working as a lorry driver for the company TDG, when the accident happened.

He had been loading a trailer for his employer on behalf of the personal care products manufacturer Kimberly Clark. A metal beam, which was used to support and partition the trailer’s roof, all of a sudden collapsed while he was sliding it into position.

The steel bar, which weighed a hefty 35kilos, had been situated on a runner and bolted into place; however, the bolt had come off and caused it to fall without warning onto the lorry driver. He ended up taking the full weight of the beam and jarred his back.

The man decided to contact a personal injury solicitor after he suffered a painful back injury; he also found out that the trailer had actually been inspected and identified as faulty before the incident, yet was still sent out to be used.

The man suffered a soft tissue injury to his back and thumb and was unable to return to his job for over four months, which had a big impact on him financially as well as physically. Thankfully he has nearly fully recovered, despite many back injuries often never healing completely.

His work injury claim was successful and he was awarded £8,500 in compensation after TDG Limited admitted liability; the case was settled out of court.

Thirty-five-year-old Julie Bowler from Leicestershire, had been working for Southern Cross-owned Rowans Nursing Home in Coalville, when the accident took place.

Mrs Bowler and another colleague had been trying to turn a patient onto her side, but hadn’t been provided with special ‘turn sheets’, which would have made the process much easier.

Also, the bed that they were trying to turn the heavy patient on was not the most ideal type, as it was a normal divan bed, not a profile bed which could have been raised in order to allow for lifting.

Due to the sheer weight of the patient, the carer ended up suffering from an extremely painful bulging disc.

Mrs Bowler decided to contact a personal injury solicitor because her injury meant that she could no longer continue with her line of work.
She was forced to take four months off of work while she recovered from her injury – plus back pain, sciatica and numbness in her foot.

Although she did return to her job on light duties, she felt that her injury was preventing her from carrying out her job properly. She now works as a classroom assistant and doctors have said that this accident has brought forward degenerative changes in her back by six years.

Mrs Bowler was awarded personal injury compensation after Southern Cross Health Care Group Plc, owner of Rowans Nursing Home, admitted liability. It was argued that the specialist equipment should have been provided – the carer and other colleagues had asked for the ‘turn sheets’ before seeing the patient but the employer did not arrange for them to be there.

At the time of the accident, the thirty-nine-year-old man, who has not been named, was working at Derek Parnaby Cyclones International Ltd, in Chilton Industrial Estate in Ferryhill, County Durham.

He had been contracted to work at the firm’s premises and was using a band saw, which had been provided by the company.

The firm had given the man training for using the band saw, which included instructions on how to reach beyond the blade to make adjustments. However, the saw had not been provided with a blade protector and as he was adjusting the tool, he stumbled and his hand fell onto the blade.

He sustained serious injuries and ended up cutting off his index, middle and fourth fingers.

The father of two decided to contact a personal injury solicitor after the accident, as it has had considerably life-changing consequences. Being self-employed he was affected financially, as he did not receive sick pay; he has also been forced to close the business working in fitting metal deck flooring, as he can no longer work with his hands.

This traumatic event has also had a psychological effect on the man, as his injuries have caused him to lose all of his confidence and he will always cover up his hand if he leaves the house.

Derek Parnaby Cyclones International Ltd admitted liability for the accident and the man was awarded a six-figure sum in personal injury compensation.

Forty-four-year-old Linda Gray, had been working at the Tetley factory in Stockton on Tees in Eaglescliffe, when the incident took place.

The production operator had lifted a reel weighing 25kg, up to head height, onto a teabag-making machine. She had severely damaged her shoulder and was in a great amount of pain following the injury.

She had to take strong painkillers every day in order to get through the pain and had to undergo two operations on her shoulder. The second operation was a success and has meant most of the pain has gone, however, she was unable to return to work for a long period of time as she recovered. She eventually lost her job after working as a production operator for the past 12 years.

The injury also meant that Mrs Gray could not achieve once simple tasks, such as carrying out households chores and, most upsettingly, she couldn’t even lift her nine-month-old grandson.

Mrs Gray contacted a personal injury solicitor and an investigation revealed that there had been no risk assessments carried out by the company, which would have shown the need to automate this particular task. Newer machines had already been altered to avoid the need to lift the heavy part.

Tetley admitted liability after it was argued that the firm should have risk assessed the manual handling task. Mrs Gray received a substantial amount of personal injury compensation and the claim was settled out of court.

The young man, Martin Brown, had been working for Elliot Crow, of ride owners Alan Crow Amusements, as a ride attendant on the Crazy Frog Ride, when the accident occurred.

Darlington Magistrates’ Court heard the ride was one of several set up at the Morrisons store car park in Galgate, Barnard Castle for the May Bank Holiday Fair in 2010.

Mr Brown, who was 17-years-old at the time, occupied one of the cars in order to balance the ride. However, shortly after the ride started he was thrown from it and suffered serious injuries as a result.

He ended up falling quite forcefully onto the ground, which caused him to suffer a fractured skull, wrists, jaw and eye socket.

An investigation carried out by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE), which is an organisation that often looks into work injury claims such as this one, found Mr Crow failed to check Mr

Brown was seated in the ride properly or was adequately restrained, leading to his colleague being thrown from the car once the ride had started.

The young man received personal injury compensation and Elliot Samuel Crow was found guilty of breaching Section 7(a) of the Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974 and was fined £520. He was also ordered to pay £500 costs and a £15 Victim Surcharge, the proceeds of which will be spent on services for victims and witnesses.

The man, who has not been named, had been walking across an outdoor area at the place where he was working, when the accident took place.

He had been walking toward the area where he needed to access some equipment needed for his job, when he stepped onto a piece plywood on the ground.

Completely unaware that the piece of wood was covering up a manhole, it snapped underneath him, as it was not strong enough to take the weight of a person. He ended up sustaining painful injuries due to falling into the hole.

The man decided to contact a personal injury solicitor due to his injuries and the fact that he had to take time off work and, as a contractor he is not entitled to sick pay.

He strained both his neck and back as a direct result of the accident and was in so much pain that he was unable to return to work for four weeks. During this recovery time he could not carry out any tasks deemed strenuous and had to take prescription medication to help him cope with the pain.

The investigation into the claim found that the plywood that had been used to cover the manhole, was not suitable and should have been covered with something much stronger, such as a metal cover. Or the area should have had a warning sign or barrier put in place to highlight the hazard.

The man received £5,500 in personal injury compensation after the company responsible for the site admitted liability.

The twenty-five-year-old man, who has not been named, was working for Worcestershire egg company, Bumble Hole Foods Ltd, when the accident took place.

As the young man was cleaning the drain situated on the production line, his right hand came into contact with a heavy duty blade.

The man sustained serious life-changing injuries, which is why he proceeded with his work injury claim. He ended up losing part of his index and middle fingers on his right hand.

Redditch Magistrates’ Court were told that the company was fully aware of the risks involved with such work, due to a similar incident that had happened two years previously

The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) investigation revealed that the training for this type of work was being carried out by employees who were not qualified to train others.

Bumble Hole Foods Ltd, of Fockbury, Bromsgrove, Worcestershire, pleaded guilty to breaching Regulation 11(1) of the Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations 1998.
The company was fined £13,000 and ordered to pay costs of £6,303.
Speaking after today’s hearing, HSE inspector Christopher Gregory said:
“This incident was entirely foreseeable and easily preventable. The risks of cleaning around the drain had not been adequately assessed or controlled so unfortunately, a much larger price has been paid, not least by their employee.

Sixty-year-old Christopher Fox, from Osberton near Worksop, was working for GMT Foljambe 1996 Discretionary Trust, on the Osberton estate, of which the defendant George Michael Thornhagh Foljambe is a trustee.

Mr Fox had been at Hodsock Forest Farm, Blyth Road in the town, when the accident took place. He had been standing by the tractor, which was being used to control the direction of a falling tree as it was being felled.

Nottingham Crown Court heard that the tree ended up falling in an unexpected direction, causing the tractor to overturn and crush Mr Fox. He was killed instantly.

The investigation into the incident, which was carried out by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE), revealed that Mr Foljambe was responsible for failing to ensure both Mr Fox’s safety and that he had received adequate training in the equipment he was using.

Mr Foljambe of Mill Farm, Osberton, pleaded guilty to breaching Regulation 2(1) of the Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974 and Regulation 9(1) of the Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations 1998.

He was fined £10,000 and ordered to pay costs of £20,327.

Speaking after the hearing, HSE inspector David Butter, said, “These employees had not been trained to carry out felling on this size of tree and were using inappropriate tools to assist them, which has unfortunately resulted in a death of a husband and father.”