Work Accident and how work is dealing with it. - Page 2

joglynne · 10-08-2013, 13:28

As your Union Rep is unavailable phone the union to let them know what is happening and ask their advise. Your guy can get up to speed on the current position when he returns to work but you need proper advise and union backup now.

10-08-2013, 14:12

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Originally Posted by alanbjames

i also have it on good authority and i will be getting evidence even though the accident happened at just before 7am in the morning, the oil wasnt actually sorted until the vans came back in after 6pm the following day, there were no warning signs or anything placed in the area either.

How come no one else in the company noticed the spill after it had been there for a day and a half? ,sounds like the rest of the drivers and warehouse staff need a crash course in H&S and a liberal dose of common sense .If as you say the H&S rep is a fat lazy git then all the more reason for the general staff to be more aware of hazards such as spilled oil .

alanbjames · 10-08-2013, 19:16

it was reported again by the person who told me it still hadnt been cleaned up when he got back in from his rounds at just after 5pm.

I have no idea if anyone else during the day also mentioned it.

Pauls9 · 12-08-2013, 08:13

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Originally Posted by joglynne

As your Union Rep is unavailable phone the union to let them know what is happening and ask their advise. Your guy can get up to speed on the current position when he returns to work but you need proper advise and union backup now.

This sounds like excellent advice to me. Get people who know about this sort of thing involved.

alanbjames · 13-08-2013, 14:24

I have an appointment with a rep Next Monday.

I have just been to the hospital and im now told i have the onset of septicemia from engine oil entering the blood stream and im on 2 different drugs. I telephoned employer to keep them updated as they asked and was told "What do u want us to do about this?".

I'm thinking now of just handing everything over to a solicitor and just having contact through them as its as if they are trying to make out im to blame and tuff luck.

joglynne · 13-08-2013, 15:04

As far as I am aware you have 3 years in which to take your employers to court in this type of situation so you have some breathing space. Once you set a solicitor in action you are committing yourself to the possibility of large legal expenses. It is up to you but personally I would hang fire on the solicitor until you have at least spoken to the union rep as your union should be able to provide legal advise/representation free of charge.

I would also be keeping a detailed log of all that happens, dates, phone calls, names and anything thing else that is said or done. Your employers seem to be under the erroneous assumption that they are the people who get to decide what happens following an Industrial Accident. They will learn otherwise.

Hom3r · 13-08-2013, 17:54

A good union should help you go through any legal process via a company they deal with and should be cheaper, if not free.

**Maggy** · 14-08-2013, 10:49

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Originally Posted by Hom3r

A good union should help you go through any legal process via a company they deal with and should be cheaper, if not free.

Another reason why unions are a good thing.

Hom3r · 22-08-2013, 17:31

Agreed Maggie, but a union is only as good as it's members.

I was in a union, and we rejected the company's poor offer, we had two options work to rule or accept their offer. Now a department my mum worked in some wanted to accept as they had based their mortgage on their full wages plus overtime. Other in the department didnct want to go against the "top bitch" so we had to accept. I will think hard before joining one.

Where I currently work there is no union, and the owner would rather close than have a union.

**Mick** · 22-08-2013, 18:56

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Originally Posted by danielf

I couldn't give a rat's arse either way. It's just that there seems to be a bit of a stretch between your original description of your injuries:

And not being able to walk.

By all means: claim for expenses that are reasonable. You just don't sound very reasonable...

What stretch?

Usually damaged ligaments in the leg, normally causes someone to rely on additional support, i.e crutches. He also said in his original post he was getting or will be getting Physio support, they don't give this willingly to people who can walk.

I do not think the OP is being unreasonable at all.

alanbjames · 23-08-2013, 03:28

Well its in the hands of my union now including txt messages Ive received, a answerphone message from the health and safety guy telling me outright i should have been more careful and i was to blame and the fact i'm getting over septicemia and could have lost a leg.

alanbjames · 09-10-2013, 16:06

Just thought i would bump this. The police are new involved because the health and safety officer lied in his report and hes lost his job and has been sending me threatening txt messages. In his report he stated that he attended the scene of the accident when i had the accident and he didnt and this was shown on CCTV. He also stated that when the accident happened the oil spill was almost immediately cleared and cleaned yet on CCTV it shows clearly it was still there after 4pm in the afternoon around 8 hrs after the accident happened.

Apparently the firm wants to settle out of court according to the union so im just awaiting an offer.

Gary L · 09-10-2013, 16:20

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Originally Posted by alanbjames

Apparently the firm wants to settle out of court according to the union so im just awaiting an offer.

Did you tell them you had whiplash and suffer flashbacks?

How much are you prepared to accept?

**Chris** · 09-10-2013, 16:36

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Originally Posted by alanbjames

Just thought i would bump this. The police are new involved because the health and safety officer lied in his report and hes lost his job and has been sending me threatening txt messages. In his report he stated that he attended the scene of the accident when i had the accident and he didnt and this was shown on CCTV. He also stated that when the accident happened the oil spill was almost immediately cleared and cleaned yet on CCTV it shows clearly it was still there after 4pm in the afternoon around 8 hrs after the accident happened.

Apparently the firm wants to settle out of court according to the union so im just awaiting an offer.

I'd not spotted this thread before. Reading through from the top it sounds like a bad soap opera or an actual nightmare. In fact if you made a TV drama out of it people would probably complain it was unrealistic. You must have had a rotten few months with the accident followed by pressure from your employer not to make a fuss and then abusive texts from the lying H&S bod.

I'm glad to hear things are now heading in the right direction for you.