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In July 1999 a Tesco employee working in the supermarket Delicatessen was awarded £4507.14 in injury compensation by Central London County Court for an unspecified hand injury that was caused as a consequence of her work which consisted of handling boxes of sausages that could weigh up to 4kg.

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In September 2002 an IT Assessments Officer was awarded £2,750 in injury compensation by the London Borough of Tower Hamlets for having developed Extensor Tenosynovitis in the right wrist at work. The County Council conceded that they had breached Regulations 2, 3, 4, 6 and 7 of Health & Safety (Display Screen Equipment) Regulations and were ordered to pay £2,750 compensation to the claimant.

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£4,000 compensation for tenosynovitis sufferer

In September 1997, Llanelli County awarded compensation of £4,000 to a DOKA Operator whose primary work was to pack surgical gloves.

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In April 2001 a successful claim was argued at Plymouth County Court on behalf of a Horticultural Assistant claiming that her work had brought about tendonitis. As part of her job the Horticultural Assistant had to clean out plant pots for Lomax Sayers Ltd in preparation for marketing which consisted of her having to rotate both wrists in a circular motion up to 1,000 times per day between the period of 1990-1996.

The judge quoted that “…the Claimant has proved to the necessary standard that she sustained tendonitis as a result of her work but not epicondylitis or any other injury.” and as such she was awarded an injury compensation payout of £11,151.66 due to her having to give up her job because of the sustained repetitive strain injury.

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In March 2006 a legal secretary was awarded £157,341 in the Court of Appeal for an upper limb disorder as a result of work duties. The legal secretary had been working for 19 years but had to leave due to the pain as a result of her injury. The defendant was found to be in breach of the Health and Safety (Display Screen Equipment) Regulations 1992, and that the injury had been caused by those breaches of statutory duty.

From http://www.humanetechnology.co.uk

A compensation claim was made on behalf of a hospital staff nurse that suffered neck and shoulder ligament damage when lifting a patient out of a wheelchair as a precursor to an x-ray examination. The claim was successful because it was proved that the hospital had failed to fully implement the relevant Manual Handling regulations and as a consequence the staff nurse was awarded £5,000 for their injuries.

In March 2001, Sheffield County Court awarded a Sander £11,737.16 in injury compensation as a result of developing Lateral epicondylitis from workplace activities. It was provided in court that his sanding duties at work caused the injury and that his employer was foreseeable by the defendants, Rugby Group plc. As a consequence of the injury the employee had to stop working in 2001.

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£35,194.11 Lateral Epicondylitis injury compensation

In September 2001, Stoke on Trent County Court judged that as a result of repetitive manual work the claimant, a 52 year old woman working as a Blocker on a production line had suffered from Lateral Epicondylitis of right elbow with diffuse forearm pain and should be awarded £35,194.11 in injury compensation.

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A worker was awarded £4,750 as an out of court settlement when he suffered deep cuts after having trapped his head in the roof of a forklift truck. The employee slipped in the cab and entangled his head in the mesh roofing of the forklift leaving him with deep lacerations to his ears. It was proved that the forklift truck was poorly maintained as the machinery continued to work even though a cut off mechanism had been tripped.

£80,000 for workplace electric shock victim

A worker was awarded an £80,000 injury compensation payout when he suffered severe burns as a result of electrocution whilst at work. It was proved that electrical equipment was not completely isolated prior to the worker beginning a program of maintenance.

A worker received an injury compensation package in excess of £2 million when a steel stanchion at his workplace fell from racking and hit him on the head. The accident caused serious brain injury and left the worker requiring ongoing 24-hour care.

£40,000 injury compensation for worker hit by jig

A worker was awarded £40,000 compensation from his employer after being knocked unconscious by a jig. The jig impacted with the workers head and shoulder.