Our client asked The Injury Lawyers for help when he suffered a deep cut to the arm when using an angle grinder on an unstable job at work. A part of the job came down and hit our client due to the vibrations from using the grinder, which clearly constituted as an unsafe system of working.
Unfortunately the grinder came in to contact with his arm as he was knocked by the falling part of the job, which resulted in the nasty injury being suffered.
Many workplaces are rife with dangers especially where equipment like grinders are being used. They are, for obvious reasons, very dangerous pieces of equipment. There are several workplace health and safety regulations that can apply where grinders are being used, and in this case our primary allegations were breaches in the management of health and safety at work as well as work equipment regulations.
Clearly the risks had not been assessed given that part of the job was allowed to fall during use of the angle grinder. It should have been considered that the job may not be stable and it should have been considered just how dangerous the equipment was.
In a case where the injuries are fairly serious, it takes more than just the average lawyer to fight for the best settlement possible and provide for all of the victims financial and rehabilitation needs. As a real law firm who are always fighting for the rights of injured victims on a daily basis, we have specialist work injury lawyers and teams so that the right people are helping our clients.
Our Serious Injury Claims Team are helping people fight for their right to compensation where the payouts range from the tens of thousands to the millions.
The cut to the arm was deep and affected his tendons and muscles in the arm. The resulting damage left him with some muscular weakness which needed to be included in the claim, as did treatment for this. The insurers tried to argue elements of the case, as they commonly do, which is why we are here to fight for the rights of the victim.
Having obtained a great deal of medical evidence and assisted with the rehabilitation process we were able to win an award of £26,500 for the pain and suffering caused. They tried to settle the claim at little over £6,000 initially, and we strongly advised our client not to accept this offer. Insurers will commonly ‘try it on’ with low offers, but you need to take care because some lawyers who work to tight budgets can be inclined to accept lower amounts.
We successfully settled the claim and our client was happy with the amount received. We’re pleased we were able to help him through his time of need and make sure he was awarded an amount that was fair and accurate given what he had gone through.