Case Studies

Tom was employed by an energy company to do repairs on the premises of their property. On the date of the accident, Tom was asked to assist another employee with moving a heavy steel door that...

Peter was involved in a serious workplace injury when he was employed as a tree surgeon. He was standing on a fully extended ladder using a chainsaw to cut...

Kathleen was attending a barbeque at the home of her employer. It was taking place in the sizeable back garden of the property. Her employer asked if she would go to the garden’s vegetable...

Máire was driving through Claudy when she came to a stop at a give way sign. Unfortunately, a tractor failed to spot her and collided with the rear...

Jonathan was working as an electrician in a Belfast library alongside a colleague. He was up a ladder in order to repair a wall light when the ladder collapsed from under him. He fell to the...

Hannah was driving home from a fast-food takeaway with her partner in Newtownards when another driver came over a hill at speed. The driver had narrowly missed a collision with another vehicle...

Gareth was working as a handy-man making some repairs to a roof space. One of his colleagues was physically in the roof space handling an angle grinder as Gareth stood on the floor below....

Ugne, working as a Deliveroo Rider, was cycling on a main road in Belfast when a car overtook her. The driver cut in front of her sharply whilst attempted to park at the roadside. Ugne had...

David was employed as a factory worker in Larne when he was involved in an accident at work. His role involved installing engines into vehicles and he carried this out on a raised platform. He...

Christopher was a passenger in his friend’s car whilst they sat stationary at lights during a journey to the gym. Another driver crashed into the rear of their vehicle. The driver at fault got...

Aoife was a backseat passenger in a taxi travelling through Belfast. During her journey, the driver continued through a set of traffic lights that were displaying amber.  Unfortunately,...

Ryan was driving down a main road in Belfast when another car pulled out from a side road and crashed into him. As a result of the collision, Ryan’s car was declared a write off. He suffered a...

Simon was employed as a delivery driver when he was loading pallets onto his vehicle. One pallet was so large he broke the shrink wrap to remove some of the items in order for it to fit. The...

Scott was working for a packaging manufacturing company and was asked to move a table across the work space. Whilst doing this, he tripped and fell over a pallet that was blocking a walkway. He...

Mary was admitted to hospital for an operation to remove one of her ovaries. After the keyhole surgery she was in severe pain and asked nurses for pain relief. However the nursing staff advised...