Injuries suffered in a fall at work

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What to do if you get injured at work 

These incidents are very common and account for many thousands of injuries every year. This case study discusses what happened to a claimant who found herself injured in these circumstances:

The claimant was a cleaner working late at night outside of normal business hours. She was with a co-worker when she fell and injured herself after catching her foot on a loose bit of carpet that had been sticking up at an angle.

The carpet had loosened away from the gripper and was a clear hazard. The occupier / management of the building had received prior warning about the carpet but had failed to act to repair or replace it.

The claimant fell and injured her knee badly. She approached us to make a NO WIN NO FEE work compensation claim. We presented her case based on the argument that the office managers new of the hazard and failed to act. The risk of injury was foreseeable.

 

An injury was sustained to the claimants knee which required intensive physiotherapy and further treatment over a 6 week period. The claimant could not work for 8 weeks. We recovered £5000 in compensation plus loss of earnings and other out of pocket expenses totalling £1250.

Legal costs were paid in addition as part of the settlement.

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