Electrician wins £250 000 compensation

Posted on September 24^th 2008

A contract electrician received £250 000 compensation after a fall at work. The man was walking from the substation to the compressor shed to carry out maintenance work.

The man had to walk through a raised walkway past the slurry area when his right foot broke through a thin skin of hardened cement slurry; he lost his footing, twisting his back. The man was in a lot of pain but some how managed to stop himself falling to the ground.

The employer's insurers claimed the man had been told during his induction training to avoid the slurry. However the contractor said he was never informed. The man told how it was standard practice to walk through the slurry. There were no signs warning people not to walk through the area or any barriers in place to stop people accessing the area.

The man settled out of court.

News brought to you by Insuremyliability.co.uk, for all your liability needs. Call us today and get a quote.

Other liability insurance news stories

• Gym member injured by mat
• Defective drill causes injury
• Warehouse man receives compensation
• Are your ladders faulty
• Screen engineer injured by a crane
• Employers found guilty of accident on coal site
• Injured factory worker wins £12,000 compensation
• £1.8 Million compensation claim for misdiagnosis
• Injured boy's £1 million compensation claim over turned
• Admission of liability by Carillion subsidiary
• Mesothelioma Compensation Claim settled in less than 10 weeks.
• Falling for a ladder - Example of needing Liability insurance