Boot on the other foot

comercrawley acted for Mr G who was an agency worker and had been put into a food production company along with a number of fellow agency workers.

Mr G was injured in an accident during the course of his work when a heavy roll of plastic fell on his foot causing a painful crush injury to his great toe.

Prior to his accident Mr G had asked the management representative from the agency on site to provide him and his co-workers with safety boots. Had these been supplied then Mr G would not have suffered injury.

A claim was brought against the employment agency, but the agency tried to offload blame on to the business where Mr G was working. Proceedings were instituted against the agency for failing to provide the workforce with proper protective equipment and the claim was settled shortly after issue of proceedings. Mr G recovered compensation for his injury and the loss of earnings that he had suffered while unable to work.