Accident At Work - Fall From Height
Our client was employed as a farm hand. In March 2007, during the course of his work, he was instructed by his employer to uncover an 18 foot high silage clamp (pile of cut grass covered in plastic sheeting and old tyres). This task was to be undertaken on his own, but climbing up to the top of the clamp and removing the tyres and pulling back the plastic sheeting. Whilst doing so, our client slipped and fell from the top of the clamp, landing feet first on the ground.
As a result of the fall, our client suffered two shattered heels and he underwent surgery to insert titanium plates in both feet. He was reliant upon a wheelchair for mobility for 3 months and was unable to return to work for 5 months. He suffers with some ongoing restricted movement and pain and has been told that he might require further surgery in the future in order to improve these symptoms.
We were instructed by the client at the end of November 2007 and his claim settled less than 12 months later for £75,000.