Work Accident

Phillip was employed as a maintenance person by a healthcare group. He was applying a coat of wood stain on trellises which were located on an uneven surface. Phillip was on the third step of a...

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...

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...

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....

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...

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...

Richard was employed as a subcontractor and was carrying out joinery work in a Belfast factory. As he was walking through the factory floor he slipped on a clear fluid that was on the ground....

Paul was employed as a technician and was out on a job in a park in Bangor. He was picking up equipment from his vehicle’s trailer when a colleague driving a car struck him, causing him to...

Adam was working as a neighbourhood officer for a housing organisation and he was tasked with attending an apartment complex following a complaint from a resident. After completing his...

Andrew was employed as a HGV driver by a well-known local maintenance company. Whilst at work, he was asked to remove a machine from the back of a low loader flatbed lorry. He applied the hand...

Michael was employed as a plumber and was in the process of loading his van in Belfast before departing to a work site in England. Whilst doing this, he was loading a bundle of stainless steel...

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...