A factory worker has received £3,800 in a work accident claim for sustaining serious personal injury whilst at work.
His injury lawyers said that the man was burned at work after being provided with inadequate protective gear.
The 33 year old man was left with a six by three inch scar across his forearm after the accident. He was working as a shift leader for a food packaging manufacturer at the time.

The man, from St Neots, in Cambridgeshire, was adjusting the bolts on a machine but slipped and fell onto a hot part of the machine. As a result of the accident he sustained burns on his left bicep and forearm.
The man said: “I decided to go for work accident claims because I felt strongly that had I been provided with proper work wear that this could have been avoided.”
His injury lawyers proved that he was provided with inadequate heat resistant gloves. The gloves had protective sleeves but these were prone to fall down easily, leaving employees’ arms exposed. His employers admitted liability and settled the claim out of court.
His injury lawyers added: “In this case, although protective gloves were provided they were unsuitable to the job in hand.”

According to shock new figures, medical negligence by the NHS in Sheffield cost more than £5.6 million in one year.

Sheffield Teaching Hospitals – which includes the Jessop Wing, Weston Park, Northern General, Royal Hallamshire, and Charles Clifford hospitals – topped with £3.25m in compensation claim damages.

Sheffield Teaching Hospitals Trust also paid out £627,809 relating to professional negligence cases pre-dating 1995.

The figures are embarrasing for the trust, especially when a South Yorkshire Police officer is claiming compensation for £100,000 due to knee problems after a medical blunder.

His injury lawyers said that the doctors failed to realise he had developed an infection in his knee after surgery. According to the writ filed in the court, the delay left him with a stiff knee.

Mike Richmond, medical director for Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, said: “We have received notification of this claim and to date have denied liability.”

Among other hospitals under criticism is Sheffield Children’s Hospital, which had no claims from before 1995, but paid out £57,500 to be paid in damages.

A spokeswoman for Sheffield Children’s NHS Foundation Trust said the figures related to three claims over the year.

In a public liability case, a driver has lodged a compensation claim against Cheshire West and Chester Council, after damaging his car driving over a pothole.

The Jaguar S-Type driven by the 51-year old driver suffered a blown tyre when it hit a pothole ‘the size of a football’, resulting in a £170 repair bill.

The motorist has now accused the council of neglecting its duty to keep the roads in the area safe.

His anger was increased furthermore after he discovered that the council had only inspected the patch on the road three days before the incident, yet had failed to act on the problem.

He said: “What I want to know is what is considered to be acceptable to the council? The road is in a very bad state. If a motorcyclist was to hit a pothole in the dark then it could prove fatal.

“That stretch of road is absolutely terrible. Prior to where I blew my tyre out, the condition of the road looks like a jigsaw puzzle.”

It’s believed that the council has said they would not be investigating the matter further due to the large number of potholes that had appeared on roads due to the unusually cold weather throughout the winter months.