One 30 year old labourer is poised to receive a massive personal injury compensation payout of at least five figures, according to his personal injury solicitors.
John Bell, father of two, of Earsdon Close, West Denton, Newcastle, suffered devastating injuries to his hand when it was crushed by a steel beam in a personal injury at work that made it impossible for him to return to his job as a steel erector for two years. The man’s injuries left not only him without financial support, but his 11 year old daughter Kaitlyn, his four year old son Thomas, and his partner Leanne Brown with little recourse as well, experts said.
Mr Bell had been working in a team of two at the time of the accident, when he was engaged in fitting a steel beam weighing one tonne in between two columns. The worker was about tighten the beam into place with a spanner after it had been lowered into its place through the use of an overhead crane, Mr Bell’s hand was injured severely when the beam suddenly shot into the air, suffering deep cuts to his middle finger, palm, and wrist and sustaining damage to his ligament and tendons.
The steel worker described the aftermath as being ‘left with a hole’ in his hand and experiencing sharp pains after the incident. Mr Bell took an intense physiotherapy course and attempted to return to his position after just 14 weeks, but the injuries he sustained to his hand proved to be debilitating, precluding him from working for an extended period of time.