Pages On: Foot Injuries
A foot injury can put you out of sorts, regardless of how serious it is. Even in the event of amputations, there are now viable options to resume one’s daily life. However, prosthetics are not a substitute for the real thing. Regardless of the modern ways we can handle such disablement, if your foot has been injured in an accident that wasn’t your fault, you may be able to claim personal injury compensation.
£75K fine for shopping centre after man loses big toe
Posted: 31 December 2015
Posted in: Foot Injuries, Public Place Accidents, Shop Accidents
After a man lost his big toe on a shopping centre’s escalator, the centre’s management agent has been fined £75,000. 27-year-old Michael Reddington had been shopping at the West End Arcade in Nottingham when a missing part of the escalator allowed him to get his foot trapped between two steps. It was heard that he had been picking up his dropped phone when he stepped onto the escalator, resulting in his oblivious foot placement. When the escalator reached the top, his foot was trapped, resulting in severe personal injury. The…
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Police officer receives compensation for dog attack
Posted: 31 March 2014
Posted in: Animal Attacks, Foot Injuries, Workplace Injuries, Workplace Slip
A Sussex police officer has been awarded compensation after a dog bit him while on duty. Figures were recently released as part of a Freedom of Information Act request, which detailed the claims made by Sussex Police over the last three years. Alongside the dog bite, another officer received compensation for slipping on a wet floor, and a third officer contracted hepatitis A. One officer was awarded with compensation for a bullet-casing burn, receiving £500 compensation after the claim was settled out of court. The incident happened in Gatwick in January of…
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Steel firm sentenced for safety failings after worker injured
Posted: 24 January 2013
Posted in: Foot Injuries, Leg Injuries, Spine & Back Injuries, Workplace Injuries
A Barnsley firm has admitted safety failings that led to one of its workers being struck on his back by a large steel girder. The employee narrowly escaped being crushed by the girder and instead was knocked to the floor when it hit him from behind. He suffered severe bruising and soft tissue damage to his foot and lower leg in the incident. Magistrates heard that the worker had brought two girders into the workshop and placed them on powered rollers at the start of a shotblasting and painting line.…
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