Labourer wins £10,000 accident claim

Compensation solicitors have won accident compensation for a man injured in the workplace.

Lukasz Taborek, of Acton, Ealing, sought the help of personal injury solicitors after he was badly injured in a fall while working in a domestic property in South Kensington.

Howper 291 Ltd (formerly known as Urang Ltd), of New Kings Road, Hammersmith in London, admitted to breaching Section 3(1) of the Health and Safety etc. at Work Act 1974. As a result, City of London Magistrates' Court fined the company £10,000 and ordered it to pay £4,172 in costs.

During the incident on November 12th 2007, Mr Taborek, 23, fell through a first floor that collapsed and landed more than three metres below, where he was pinned to the ground by falling debris. As a result of the work injury, Mr Taborek had to have a limb amputated.

In addition, an employee won £4,500 in compensation after an accident in a warehouse. Paul Pritchard received the sum after the incident at the Rolls Royce Depot in Sunderland, the Sunderland Echo reported.

Published by Hannah Carr