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UCATT Yorkshire

UCATT Yorkshire

Winwaed House
64/66 Cross Gates Road
Leeds LS15 7NN

Tel 0113 264 0211, Fax 0113 260 2908

Doncaster

Tel 01302 364 028, Fax 01302 364 028 

Hull

Tel 01482 326 249, Fax 01482 326 249

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                                                          Tel 0114 261 9969, Fax 0114 261 9969 

 

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Friday, 23 November 2007

Health & Safety. UCATT’s Commitment and Success

Construction is the most dangerous industry in the UK. That is why every worker in the construction trade should join us to ensure they remain safe on the job. Together we can ensure construction becomes safer and reduce site injuries and deaths.

The construction industry accounts for nearly a third of all fatal injuries to workers.

Every worker in construction needs UCATT, the union that fights to make health and safety a priority on all sites. UCATT has always campaigned for improvements in the construction industry's health and safety record.

If an accident unfortunately does occur then the injured worker has the full power of the Union to negotiate just and fair compensation for the injuries received through its specialist legal services department.

The record speaks for itself with millions being recovered in accident compensation for members injured at work. 

Listed below are a dozen of the typical types of claims settled this year in the Yorkshire Region:

Settlement: £2,000.00

Doncaster member injured his finger whilst knocking a road pin into the ground with a lump hammer.  The head of the hammer flew off and struck our member on the middle finger.

Settlement: £1500.00 

Rotherham member fractured his ring finger on his left hand and bruised his left upper arm in a work accident when he tripped over a piece of wood left lying in his path.  

Settlement: £5,000.00

Barnsley member slipped on a skid, which was covered under some sludge.  As a result he suffered a muscle strain and trapped nerve.

Settlement: £5,000.00

Grimsby member injured whilst working a whacker plate.  The handle of the whacker plate flew out and hit him in the face.                                                                                      

Settlement: £7,000

Leeds member suffered a hernia when lifting a heavy flag.

Settlement: £27,500.00

Grimsby member suffered a fractured right ankle as a result of falling down an unmarked hole.

Settlement: £3,690.03

Doncaster member was helping a colleague to carry a frame from the workshop to a loading bay.  The member struck his knee on a stack of concrete blocks, which had been left near the entrance.

Settlement: £6,960.11

Sheffield member suffered with industrial deafness.

Settlement: £2,250.00

Doncaster member sustained a deep cut in his forearm whilst carrying out repair works.

Settlement: £8,167.82

Sheffield member fractured his wrist in a works accident when he fell down an excessively large gap between the trailer he was working on and the walkway.

Settlement: £26,524.98

Doncaster member was helping to carry a large sheet of steel mesh.  The member stood on a road pin and fell suffering a back injury.

Settlement: £2,500.00

Yorkshire region member was talking to some men who were cleaning out a concrete pump.  They discharged the pump, which was still plugged into the air supply.  Our member was hit by some concrete under pressure.  Member suffered cuts and bruises and also shock.

UCATT Yorkshire Region. Winning For Our Members.