Case Studies

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...

David was sitting stationary in his car when another driver crashed into his rear. As a result of the collision, he was left with injuries to his back and neck that were consistent with...

Marcus was waiting to pull out at a junction in his car when another motorist crashed into his rear. The impact left him with injuries to his neck and back that were consistent with...

Michael had been travelling on a bus from Belfast City Centre. When he got off he stepped out from behind the bus before it had continued down the road. Unfortunately, a passing motorist struck...

Albert is a 91 year old retiree who worked hard his entire life. His career began in the military during WW2. Following his service he worked in STC, which later became Nortel, until 1977. He...