Accident at Work - Injured from Falling Timbers

Six figure accident at work compensation

Mr S was a lorry driver and at the time of his accident at work. He was involved with unloading packs of railway sleepers, weighing at least 2 tonnes, from the back of the lorry. The packs were being removed from the lorry by a skid-steer (a similar vehicle to a small digger but in this case fitted with prongs on the front instead of a digger bucket). This was being driven by one of the Defendants. The Skid-Steer wasn’t powerful enough to lift the packs as they were, so they had to be separated.

Mr S was stood on lorry bed at the rear corner of the one of the packs of timbers. He was in the process of cutting the steel band holding the pack together when the skid steer came to remove them. Mr S was knocked off the lorry bed onto the ground and two of the timbers (railway sleepers) fell from the lorry and struck him in the face.

Mr S suffered severe injuries requiring a 6 hour operation to rebuild his face. After a lengthy recovery, Mr S has been left with long term problems with his jaw.

A claim was issued against Blakedown Landscaping Ltd and also Thomas Jennings trading as "Chemquad".  The matter was listed for a trial on liability in June 2006 but after some fierce negotiation we manage to agree on a liability split without the need to go to Court. The parties managed to agree compensation at £105,000 without the need to go to Court.

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