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Callum Lambert was at work at the time of the accident.  He was using an angle grinder to cut off a bracket when the machine slipped and cut into his thumb.  He was unsupervised at the time.

Fracture and severed tendon

He reported the accident to a colleague and went to the hospital in Goole, where his wounds were cleaned and dressed and he was diagnosed with an open fracture and severed tendon.  He was then referred to the hospital in Hull, where he went the following day to have the wounds redressed and sutured.

Permanent scarring and cold intolerance after work accident

After three days he was still in a lot of pain so visited his GP who diagnosed an infection.  He was referred to Sheffield General Hospital where his wounds were investigated under local anaesthetic, cleaned and dressed again.   He was put on a programme of desensitisation, which is a form of therapy, due to the discomfort around the area of scarring.

Unfortunately this type of treatment had little effect.

Callum returned to work after a week and was on light duties for about a month.

Unfortunately Callum is still left with scars on his thumb that are likely to be permanent.  He also has a minor intolerance to cold weather around his thumb area, which again is also likely to be permanent.

Lucy pursues employer for compensation

Lucy Flynn

Callum contacted Graysons to see if he could claim compensation and Lucy took up his case, contacting his employer claiming, amongst other things, that it:

• Failed to provide a suitable and safe place and system of work.
• Failed to provide any adequate training, instruction or supervision.
• Failed to carry out adequate risk assessment or to review any risk assessment.
• Failed to ensure that Callum was provided with appropriate comprehensible and relevant information on health and safety.
• Failed to take into account Callum’s capabilities as regards health and safety training.

Employer denies liability for work accident

The employer initially denied liability and so Lucy commenced County Court proceedings, after which, they offered to settle.

We were able to secure £3,700 for Callum – a sum with which he was very pleased, saying:

“nothing could be done to improve the service; it was excellent”

You can find out more about how Graysons can help you to claim compensation for accidents that happen at work on our website.  Or contact our experts now and we will arrange a free of charge meeting in which we can discuss your case.