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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. |
