Barnsley chop - info about what to do about your accident

A)Was there a written procedure for what you were doing? had you been trained on how to do it and is there documentary evidence to prove that? had you been provided with the correct PPE and tools? was there a risk assessment for it and had you seen it?? </p>

B)After the accident were you questioned about what happened and told that it was part of the official accident investigation??</p>

If the answer to all the questions in section A &amp; B is YES and you hurt yourself doing something that you weren't suppossed to, they are probably right in giving you a warning.</p>

If the answer is NO to any one of those questions, your solicitor will proabably be able to pick a loop hole when you put your claim in.</p>

What they are doing is covering their backs against a claim. I had an instance where a guy hurt himself by not paying attention to what he was doing and it led to him being off work for a substantial period of time. When his claim went to court it was quite obvious from the evidence that he was totally at fault, but I was asked if he had recieved a warning for not following procedure. I told the court that being a caring sort of guy I thought it had already cost him enough through loss of earnings and pain and suffering. The judge totally ignored all of that and ruled that because we didn't give him a warning the company had admitted partial responsibility and gave him a reduced award as a result.</p>

I won't make that mistake again.</p>

 

 i will reply to you in the form of a P.M later