Pages On: School Accidents
Schools need to be safe places for children and adults alike. But accidents in schools are far more common than you might expect. A lot of press considers the pursuit against schools for injury compensation to be the scourge of “compensation culture”. However, schools have a duty of care to protect their pupils, and as such they are liable for injuries. Most claimants will sue a school if the injuries were serious and clearly not at fault for them. They are also workplaces, and have some of the highest rates of work accidents of all other sectors. As such, a teacher, or other staff, injured in a school could seek employer negligence compensation. If you’ve suffered an accident in a school, and you’re not at fault, you may be entitled to compensation.
Close to £300,000 Paid out to Teachers in Injury Compensation
Posted: 11 January 2016
Posted in: School Accidents, Workplace Injuries, Workplace Slip
Around £290,000 was given to teachers who had been injured in the workplace in the last year, according to a new study carried out by the-the Educational Institute of Scotland (EIS). According to the figures collected by the organisation, one teacher alone was offered £150,000 after slipping on ice outside a school. Slips, trips, and falls were the most common type of injury with the vast majority a result of dangerous, uneven or slippery surfaces. Other common injuries were due to objects falling onto teachers, with one being injured by…
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Asbestos in School Must be Eradicated
Posted: 13 July 2015
Posted in: Asbestos Exposure, Industrial Deafness and Disease, Mesothelioma, School Accidents
A senior Union member has called for the government to eradicate asbestos from schools once and for all following a report into the conditions of education centres. According to a report, asbestos remains present in 86% of schools leading to “unnecessary deaths”. The National Union of Teachers has accused the Government of failing “to address the legacy of asbestos in schools” and said it is a “scandal” that the Government have failed to address the serious issue that affects teachers and young children. Asbestos Illnesses Statistics from the Health and…
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Company Prosecuted After Child's Head Becomes Trapped in Electric Fence
Posted: 14 July 2014
Posted in: Head and Brain Injuries, Public Place Accidents, School Accidents
A company have been prosecuted for failing to install an adequate safety guard on an electric gate that trapped a young boy at a primary school in Stourbridge. The Court heard on 10 July 204, that the eight-year-old boy was injured when his head became trapped between the edge of the closing gate and the gate post. The boy suffered significant bruising to the right side of his head and to his ear. The boy’s father witnessed the incident and tried to hold the gate to stop it closing any…
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Asbestos in schools – call for strategic plan
Posted: 3 April 2014
Posted in: Asbestos Exposure, School Accidents
A strategic plan for asbestos removal and containment is necessary in order to manage asbestos in schools, according to not-for-profit campaign group, the Association of Personal Injury Lawyers (APIL). APIL made the call in its response to the Department for Education’s policy review on asbestos management in schools in England and Wales. It also called for the reintroduction of proactive inspections and clarity about who is responsible for asbestos risk in academies, free schools, private schools and nurseries Asbestos is present in 75% of schools in England and 85% of…
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