A man, who crashed his wife’s new car after drink driving, has been banned from driving for 22 months. The man has admitted to drink driving after he crashed the vehicle into a parked car.
Police arrived at the crash scene to find that two cars had been damaged in the incident, but the driver initially stated that he didn’t know what had happened. But he then admitted that he had been drinking.
The accident occurred after the driver had spent the evening at a friend’s house, having some drinks. When it was time to go home, the man decided to try to drive instead of getting a taxi or a lift home.
Although most car accidents will result in a personal injury claim, because of the nature of this one, there will not be this sort of claim launched. However, the two vehicle owners have made claims through their insurers.
But the man involved in the accident was given a fine of £550, which was a reduced amount because of the fact that he pleaded guilty at an early stage.
A cyclist, who was involved in a hit and run accident, has decided to launch a personal injury claim after the driver of the car which hit him made contact.
The cyclist was left seriously injured in the incident and suffered a fractured skull, kidney damage, fractures to his legs and damage to his eye and shoulder in the incident.
The man will make a personal injury claim against the driver who hit him and left him in the road. Since the accident, the victim has been trying to recover and after nine months, he is just starting to recover from the injuries he sustained. He is making the personal injury claim to try to pay for the rehabilitation that he needs.
The incident happened while the man was cycling to his son’s house; the car drove behind the cyclist and knocked him off his bike from behind, before driving off. The man was found unconscious by a neighbour, who rang for medical help.
The victim has had to undergo operations as well as physiotherapy sessions. He has said:
‘My life has changed completely since the accident and nothing can turn the clock back.
‘I used to love fell walking, DIY and travelling, but haven’t been able to do any of these things since my accident.
‘My injuries have also had a significant impact on my wife. So far my accident has robbed us of eight months of what was supposed to be most precious time of our lives, and I know my ordeal is far from over.’
A personal injury claim could be made by a man who severed three of his fingers while he was at work.
The accident happened while the victim was using a saw in order to make a frame, by cutting pieces of steel. The piece of machinery that the man was using did not have a safety guard and this meant that the victim’s hand was able to come into direct contact with the blade and when it did, he severed three of his fingers.
As a result of the injuries caused, the victim had to stay in hospital for seven days and while he was there, surgeons attempted to reattach his fingers; this was unsuccessful however.
As a result of the severity of the injury sustained in the accident, the man has been unable to return to work. The incident was investigated by the Health and Safety Executive and this investigation found that employees were allowed to use saws without a guard, despite warnings from the Health and Safety Executive that this should be avoided.
The owner of the company was fined and was also told to pay court costs as punishment for breaking health and safety laws.
A man, who was working with a pork mixing machine, has suffered serious injuries to his fingers following an accident at work.
The man was carrying out his role in a factory at the time of the incident. He was working with the pork mixing machine, when he spotted a piece of blue plastic in the meat. He reached into the machine in order to retrieve the piece of plastic from the mixture, but as he did this, his hand got caught in the machine and two of his fingers were severed as a result.
The injuries led to the man having to have ten months off from work and once he was well enough to return, he could not carry out the same job as before. The man now has difficulties carrying out everyday tasks and can no longer continue with some of the hobbies he used to enjoy.
There was an inspection of the machinery used, carried out by the Health and Safety Executive and this concluded that the machine used was not fitted with a safety gate. The rest of the machines were fitted with these safety gates, but the company was given a fine for the unsafe one. It is not yet clear whether the victim will be making a personal injury claim.
Going to work is an everyday occurrence and one that you don’t really think about. But for some people, going to work can be very dangerous and there are some workers who don’t come back in one piece.
Accidents can happen in any work place – from offices to outdoor jobs; there is always a risk involved in any role. Obviously, some professions are more risky than others and the construction industry is well known for being particularly dangerous and unfortunately a lot of workers are injured and some sadly lose their lives in this sector.
But it doesn’t matter where you work, you should be able to carry out your job in a safe environment. In order for this to happen, your employer should provide you with the right equipment as well as the training needed to be able to carry out the job safely.
The employer has a duty to make sure that you can work in a safe environment and if they don’t stick to health and safety laws, and an injury is caused as a result, then the affected worker could make a personal injury claim.
Two widows, who lost their husbands as they worked as firefighters, have been told that they can make a compensation claim for their loss.
As well as this, a group of firefighters as well as police officers, who were also injured in the same incident have been told that they can make a personal injury claim for their injuries.
The injuries and deaths were caused as the emergency services tried to deal with an incident at a fireworks factory. The factory exploded and as a result, several were injured and two firefighters died.
The owner of the factory was sent to prison for negligence and it has been decided that he will have to pay damages to his victims too.
The two firefighters were killed as one of them filmed the incident and the other tried to tackle the fire.
It has not been reported how many of the victims plan to make a personal injury claim, or how much they will be claiming for. But they are now entitled to make a personal injury claim for their loss, injuries and any damage caused by the explosion.
Interim compensation is often awarded once a victim has made a personal injury claim following an accident. Interim compensation refers to the idea that the victim should receive immediate compensation, rather than have to wait until the personal injury claim has been fully processed. This allows them to pay for any care, alterations to their home or equipment that they might need in order to cope with the injuries they have been left with.
Recently, a boy has been awarded interim compensation for injuries that he sustained when a window fell out of a building and hit him on the head from a height. The boy was left with brain injuries as a result of this accident and he has now been awarded an interim payment, following his claim for £800,000.
The money that he has now received will allow him to have a management and care package and it will also provide him with a new house that will be adapted for his needs.
These interim payments can really help an accident victim cope with the immediate effects of their injuries and make their overall recovery a lot easier.
The Health and Safety Executive has just released new figures that show that there has been a 20 per cent increase in the number of deaths that have occurred within the construction business.
In the most recent set of statistics, it is revealed that 50 workers died in accidents while working in construction, while only 41 died the year before. But this rise in fatal accidents at work is not just constrained to the construction industry, because according to figures, there has been a rise in fatal accidents at work across all industries in recent times.
When a worker dies as a result of an accident at work, there will normally be an investigation carried out and the company could be prosecuted for failing to adhere to health and safety measures. As well as the grief and suffering, the family of the victim will also normally have to go through the process of a personal injury claim in order to be awarded compensation. The impact of such accidents is huge, as Philip White, HSE’s chief construction inspector said:
‘HSE will continue to work to reduce the number of fatal accidents, but it is ultimately the responsibility of those who create health and safety risks to control them and prevent people being killed and injured’
‘The majority of deaths continue to be on small construction sites. Big construction companies have shown steady improvement over the last decade, and we want to see smaller firms take a similar lead. This is not about money, it's about mindset - planning jobs properly, thinking before you act, and taking basic steps to protect yourselves and your friends.’
A pool attendant, who was working at a pool attached to a school could make a personal injury claim after she suffered an injury following a fall from a height at work.
The woman was asked to go into the loft of the pool, which was positioned over the pool changing rooms. She had been asked to go up there to retrieve some paperwork.
But the loft was not fitted with floor boards and so the woman was required to walk along the beams in the loft. As she tried to do this, she ended up slipping and she fell into the changing rooms below. The floor that she fell onto was a solid tiled floor and she fractured her wrist in the accident. It has been said that the injuries she sustained should have been a lot worse, considering she fell two and a half metres.
The Health and Safety Executive carried out an investigation into the incident and the school was fined because it had not carried out a risk assessment and had asked the worker to use an unsafe surface without giving her safety equipment.
It has not been reported as to whether the woman will make a personal injury claim.
A man who suffered injuries after a nail gun fired a nail into his hand has made a personal injury claim. The joiner has been awarded injury compensation of £5,580 following his personal injury claim which happened while he was attempting to nail two pieces of wood together.
The accident happened because the nail that the man was trying to nail the wood together with hit a knot in the wood and this caused the nail to turn and in doing so, it hit the palm of his hand.
The man had to go under general anaesthetic in order to have the nail removed from his hand and he has been left with some soft tissue damage as a result of the accident.
Since the accident, the victim has lost some use in his hand and he is also left scarred. As well as this, he has intolerance to cold temperatures in his hand too.
The personal injury claim that was made by the victim was made against his employer and it stated that the employer had been negligent. The company denied that his was the case and they stated that the man had been fully trained. The case had to go to court and compensation of £5,580 was agreed upon.
