Work Accident

William was a self-employed general labourer working for a sub-contractor on a Carrickfergus building site. A week or so after starting on the site some dumper trucks were delivered. The...

Sarah was fetching meal ingredients whilst at work for the catering company that employed her. As she did so, a colleague was placing trays into a trolley which caused it to move...

Ronnie was employed as a mill operative when he had an accident. He was standing on a steel platform emptying bags of feed through grills in the floor. Unfortunately, the safety rails at the...

Caroline was working as a carer in Ballyclare and was sent to sit with a male patient in their home. Upon arrival she noticed that the patient was significantly taller and heavier than she is....

Brian was working as a heavy goods vehicle driver (HGV) when the company he worked for introduced new battery forklifts. Brian was provided with little or no training in the use of the new piece...

Michael worked as a chef in Belfast when he was injured in the kitchen. Whilst he was making soup he used a large hand blender to combine ingredients when he was electrocuted. The electrical...

Cormac was working in a bank when he slipped on spilt tea or coffee on a flight of stairs he was walking down at the time. As he fell the 4 or 5 steps to the bottom he instinctively grabbed onto...

Karen was working at an Asda store when she was pulling an empty wheeled 6ft high cage designed to assist in the restocking of shelves. She pulled the cage down a ramp to go outside however one...

Trevor was employed as a maintenance fitter with an animal feed production company. Whilst at work he was tasked with a colleague to carry out repairs to a silo bin. He was using an angle...

John worked as a warehouse deliveryman and part of his job was loading 40ft trailers. Whilst performing this particular duty he was inside the trailer and part of the load moved. The trailer...

Andrew was working as a maintenance engineer in Lisburn when he was tasked to make repairs to a large malfunctioning piece of equipment. This required him to climb up a ladder to reach a...

Niall was employed as a maintenance man in a nursing home near Carrickfergus. Part of his duties there included putting out a number of commercial waste bins for collections. Due to the size of...

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....

Whilst at work, Caomhan and some colleagues were setting drums of chemicals on scales. These consisted of steel plates and a bund wall directly behind the scales, which is a low level wall...

Karl was working as a self-employed electrician who had a contract to work on the refurbishment of a large department store in Dublin. Whilst on the job, he had to work on some lights on the...