Pages On: Hand Injuries
Suffering an injury to the hand can be a horrible limitation to your life. Our hands are made-up of a complex structure of bones and tendons, which can make everyday-tasks difficult if damaged. Even minor injuries can affect your ability to work and experience life. It is in this spirit that compensation claims are assessed, especially as there is little alternative to using our hands for most things. If you have suffered a hand injury, and it wasn’t your fault, you may be entitled to claim personal injury compensation.
Leeds couple win compensation following honeymoon road traffic accident
Posted: 22 April 2016
Posted in: Accidents and Sickness Abroad, Bus Accidents, Hand Injuries, Leg Injuries, Road Traffic Accidents, Wrongful & Accidental Death
A couple from Leeds have been awarded compensation following a head-on collision whilst on tour in Italy. The couple, Angela and Simon Howland, were on the holiday of a lifetime, cruising the Mediterranean when the collision occurred. Their tour bus was travelling between Sorrento and Pompeii and was travelling through a tunnel when it was forced to swerve to avoid a head on collision with another vehicle. The bus, which was transporting tourists from the cruise, then crashed into the tunnel wall, causing substantial personal injury to the driver and many…
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Hand Injury Compensation Claims in Bristol
Posted in: Arm Injury, Hand Injuries, Personal Injury
Suffered a hand injury in Bristol? Our specialist personal injury solicitors** can help you if you have been injured in an accident that was due to another person’s negligence. To find out whether you can claim for compensation, call us today for a free consultation. You can find out lower down the page about the compensation amounts that can be rewarded for personal injury claims of this type, relating to the wrist, hands, and fingers, and below for the accident types typically involved: Slips, Trips, and Falls – where you…
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Staff injury compensation costing council
Posted: 13 February 2015
Posted in: Hand Injuries, Repetitive Strain Injury, Workplace Injuries
Staff personal injury compensation is costing Barking and Dagenham Council £20,000 a month according to recently released figures. The figures were released following a Freedom of Information request, which detailed that the council paid out to 90 separate incidents between January 2009 and September 2013, averaging out at just less than £20,000 a month. The total paid out to claimants during this time was £1,123,347. One of the council’s finance department employees was awarded £85,245 in June 2009 for a repetitive strain injury, while a second member of staff was awarded £33,645…
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Council pays out to injured boy
Posted: 28 August 2014
Posted in: Hand Injuries, Head and Brain Injuries, Public Place Accidents
Hull City Council is to pay compensation to a five-year-old boy after he tripped and fell on an unsafe drain. Jayden Willby, from east Hull, suffered injuries after tripping on an unsafe drain nearby his home last November. The drain was highlighted as a hazard to the council on the day of Jayden’s injury, but nothing was done to mend it. Five months later, Jayden’s mum, Candice Gilchrist, decided to take action, arguing that children frequently walk to school on that road. Jayden had been walking to school when he…
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Dog bites most common in deprived areas
Posted: 25 April 2014
Posted in: Animal Attacks, Hand Injuries, Head and Brain Injuries
A report has revealed that there are three times as many hospital admissions for dog bites in England’s most deprived areas than in the least. The report was released by the Health and Social Care Information Centre, which showed Merseyside to have the highest rate of dog attacks, accounting for 6,740 admissions – a figure up 6% on the previous year. It also highlighted children to be the most common victims. The data displayed a strong correlation between the number of dog attacks occurring, and where the attacks took place. It was…
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Gloucestershire paper company fined for safety failings
Posted: 24 January 2013
Posted in: Employer Negligence, Hand Injuries, Workplace Injuries
A Gloucestershire paper producer has been fined after an employee’s hand was crushed in an unguarded machine as he tried to clean it. The 43 year-old worker received a serious crushing injury, cuts and bruising to his right hand when it was drawn between the rollers of a paper coating machine, he was unable to return to work for two months. An investigation by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) established that the rollers had to be cleaned periodically, sometimes several times a day, when the coating material is changed.…
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