Electrician and ladders

Posted on November 07^th 2008

An electrician who was working up a ladder received head and shoulder injuries when a forklift truck knocked him off the ladder to the ground.

The man was repairing an electrical appliance in a corridor when, as he was half way up the ladder was knocked to the floor by the forklift truck.

The man received a fractured skull, fractures to clavicle and soft tissue injury. Since the accident the man has suffered severe headaches, facial palsy, sight problems and short-term memory loss leading to an 18 months work gap.

The settlement was agreed as £44,200.

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