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.
Timber firm fined over workplace injury
Posted: 7 September 2015
Posted in: Faulty Work Equipment, Hand Injuries, Workplace Injuries
A timber company has been fined £7,000 after a worker was dragged into machinery by his hand at a Lockerbie sawmill last year. Scott Gordon suffered life-changing injuries as a result of the incident at Steven’s Croft in March 2014, and was told by doctors that he would be permanently scarred. The company responsible, Forest Sawmills Ltd of Kidderminster, admitted to breaching health and safety regulations. It was heard in Dumfries Sheriff Court that the firm had failed to put any protective measures in place to prevent injury from happening…
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Motorcyclist injured by 4x4 in road traffic accident
Posted: 14 November 2014
Posted in: Hand Injuries, Motorcycle Accidents, Road Traffic Accidents
A biker from Innerleithen suffered severe injuries in a motorbike accident when a 4×4 and trailer pulled out in front of him in 2012. 25-year-old Adam Russell had been on the A72 between Peebles and Innerleithen when the vehicle pulled out from a field just past the entrance to Glentress. He broke multiple bones in his right hand and required extensive surgery, which involved the insertion of metal pins into each finger. The accident happened in September 2012, after which Mr Russell could not use his hands for two and a half…
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Animal shelter fined over volunteer saw injury
Posted: 24 April 2014
Posted in: Faulty Work Equipment, Hand Injuries, Workplace Injuries
The largest shelter for horses and donkeys in Scotland has been fined after a volunteer lost part of his hand in a saw accident. Mountain Animal Sanctuary Trust has been fined a total of £6,000 for breaching health and safety regulations. The trust pleaded guilty to the health and safety offence at Forfar Sherrif Court earlier this week. The volunteer had been using a defective circular saw when the accident happened. The court heard that he had been operating a bench saw to cut up pieces of wood from an animal…
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Cairngorms hillwalker survives 800ft fall
Posted: 20 January 2014
Posted in: Hand Injuries, Personal Injury
A 25-year-old hillwalker has survived a fall of around 800ft from a cliff edge in the Cairngorms. Ollie Daniel had been trekking in the Coire Sputan Dearg area on Sunday when he fell through the snow off a steep cliff. He and two other men, including his father, had been navigating in “near zero visibility in a white-out” when the accident occurred. He was later airlifted to hospital, with injuries including nine broken ribs. BBC Scotland asked Mr Daniel about the accident during his recovery at the Aberdeen Royal Infirmary, whereby he…
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Hand Injury Claims
Posted in: Hand Injuries, Personal Injury
If you have been injured in the last three years, and it wasn’t your fault, you may be able to claim compensation. The amount you are able to claim depends on the type and severity of your injury. Personal Injury Claims Aberdeen can help you get the compensation you are entitled to. Our compensation guide outlines the levels of compensation for some of the most common types of injury. Hand Injury Compensation Your hands are among the most vitally important parts of your entire body. Injury to your hands will…
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