Work Accident

Craig was working on a building site where he was carrying a 5m skirting board. Whilst he was carrying the skirting board, Craig stood on a manhole cover which had not been fitted properly. The manhole cover pivoted and flipped under Craig’s weight. The edge of the cover crashed into his shin, giving him a deep laceration where it came in contact with his […]

A young woman, Rachel, was employed in a temporary Christmas role by Thorntons Plc, the popular chocolate retailer. Rachel was working in a Belfast city centre store in an attempt to save money for the upcoming festive season when she was asked by her employer to walk to their store room which is located on

Richard was on industrial work placement in Newtownabbey where he was employed as a sheet metal worker. Whilst working, he was instructed by a superior employee to move 3 lengths of metal. The industrial term for this shape of metal is “load lock” and they were approximately 5ft long, 10cm wide and 2mm thick. As

Mark was employed as a bartender in a bar in Carrickfergus. He was cleaning a metal utility bench when he cut the side of his hand on a raised and sharp piece of metal. The metal sheet in question had been placed on top of the work bench to cover a hole. It was raised,

Christopher was employed as a contracts manager. He was working on a building site in Dunmurray which was on its way to becoming  nursing home and a church. Christopher had been working on the site for months. He was asked to dig a trench around the edge of the building to facilitate an outer skin

Hannah was employed as a house keeper in a hospital. She was walking from the kitchen and was proceeding through a fire door when the fire door closed quickly and struck her. Hannah instinctively put her hand out to steady herself and got her left hand jarred on the frame of the door. As a