£90,000 damage for 12-metre fall
A scaffolder has received £90,000 in an out-of-court settlement after he suffered several fractures and a dislocated shoulder following a
12-metre fall at Drax Power Station in Selby, North Yorkshire.
Trevor Cox, employed by Cape Industrial Services, had been dismantling scaffolding at the power plant when he fell through a platform made of
plastic demister packs, sheets of plastic knitted mesh, and broke ribs, injured his spine and damaged his left shoulder. In the absence of any
warning from his employer, Cox had assumed the platform was metal and would hold his weight.
The advanced scaffolder was unable to work for eight months after the accident and can no longer use his arm to do work above shoulder height.
He has had to give up his usual work to become a scaffolding inspector abroad.
like this,” said Cox. “I found out afterwards that the platform as unsafe but I had been instructed to dismantle it with no warning of the
dangers. It was my first day on Drax Power Station.”
Cape initially disputed liability for the accident but later offered Cox £90,000 in compensation to settle the claim out of court.
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