College kitchen assistant awarded more than £60,000 compensation for fall caused by faulty machinery
Wednesday, January 24, 2007 at 10:45PM
The UNISON member said she heard hissing from and saw a flashing light on a vending machine at James Watt College in Greenock, Scotland, in May 2003. The noise and lights disturbed her and she fell and injured her right hip and wrist. She was awarded £60,426 in compensation after an Edinburgh court found that the college had been at fault for breaching health and safety operations by operating faulty machinery. James Watt College agreed that the drinks machine was prone to malfunctioning but said they could not take responsibility for her fall.
Nick Kirk
Too young to die
Tuesday, October 17, 2006 at 12:06PM
'Too young to die', a Trades Union Congress report, finds that, in 2004-05: over 4,000 young people aged 16-24 were seriously injured at work, an increase of more than 20% on the 2000-01 total; 12 were killed; and 15,000 experienced injuries that prevented them from working for three or more days. The report was published in 'Hazards' magazine on 9 August. Read more at: www.hazards.org/2young2die/