Slip At Work Ends In Severe Burns

Heather Turner-Lunn, head chef was walking through the kitchen one day at work when she slipped on a wet floor. This may not have been a serious accident except that someone had emptied the deep fat fryer and left the oil in a container on the floor to cool.

As Heather Turner-Lunn fell she skidded towards the container and ended up landing with her arm submerged in the hot oil. Although it had been cooling the oil was around 120 degrees Celsius when she landed in it.

Her arm was severely burned and she was left with horrific scarring. Ms Turner-Lunn received £10,000 compensation for her injuries.

The pub where the accident occurred, the Weaver Arms in Gloucestershire, was found to be operating unsafely, not giving members of staff appropriate training and direction and not following adequate safety measures to avoid such accidents. For this reason the pub owner, Marston’s PLC was fined £10,000.

This may sound like a freak accident, but a similar accident took place in another establishment a few months previously, this time in Leicester. In this case, McDonalds was fined £20,000 and ordered to costs which equalled to nearly £19,000.

In the kitchen at McDonalds a worker slipped on a piece of card that was being used to soak up hot oil. As she fell she put out her arms to break her fall and her left arm was submerged in boiling hot oil.

Carys is an author of several articles pertaining to No Win No Fee, Compensation Claims, Personal Injury Claims and other legal articles.