Losing toe

alexjonsson

kevhky wrote: »

Hi
I didn't leave the work place as I didn't need to, I don't go sick I never have and never will

LOL.

I wasn't going to comment until I read this. If you get cancer you'll be going off sick, don't be so simple.

My thoughts that are that if you try and bring a claim for this you'll be lucky to have a job at the end of it. I know that loyalty is for losers, but your employer has paid you for 28 years and to me that would mean something.

I think you're losing your toe due to not seeking appropriate medical attention at the time, not because of the injury itself. No-one wins by being the big man.

kevhky

Lol. "Loyalty is for losers"
How do you work that out

Of course I've been paid for 28 year I don't work for nothing

Ha ha. Love it

lincroft1710

kevhky wrote: »

Yes I did do it myself but only to pretect members of the public possibly being injured

This could be read as you weren't paying attention while manoeuvring the trolley and had to take evasive action to avoid an accident, even if this wasn't the case.

The first obvious signs to my toe was blood around the nail that was all, I wasn't going to docs about this as at the time it was nothing to worry about

Well clearly you were wrong.

I only go to docs when in serious pain, this wasn't given much pain at all

Non serious pain does not mean the injury or illness is not serious

This is one occasion when trying to be the "hard" man hasn't worked. It has cost you your toe and even if that could never have been saved probably also cost you money in the form of lost compensation.

rs65

kevhky wrote: »

I wasn't going to docs about this as at the time it was nothing to worry about

I only go to docs when in serious pain, this wasn't given much pain at all

Had you reported it, your employers would've insisted you sought medical advice. Perhaps for a doctor to say, but I can't help thinking that your choice not to seek medical advice was the actual reason for losing your toe. Immediate medical advice could've been a couple of hours in A&E and no lasting/permanent effect.

alexjonsson

kevhky wrote: »

Lol. "Loyalty is for losers"
How do you work that out

Of course I've been paid for 28 year I don't work for nothing

Ha ha. Love it

Sorry, my bad - I was directly quoting Martin Lewis, the money saving expert himself.

http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=LV3WoGt-T7wC&pg=PA80&lpg=PA80&dq=martin+money+saving+expert+%27loyalty+is+for+losers%27&source=bl&ots=ML3EkQxVa3&sig=XVqQ8_uFHWgDbdHFqg1ZCwp70Js&hl=en&sa=X&ei=fEYKU6D5IKap7Abp1IHgCA&ved=0CGEQ6AEwBQ#v=onepage&q=martin%20money%20saving%20expert%20'loyalty%20is%20for%20losers'&f=false

I should have cited my source.

kevhky

I wasn't being the hard man ivevhad many many bumps / scrapes and nothing ever comes of it unfortunately on this occasion it has

lincroft1710

kevhky wrote: »

ive had many many bumps / scrapes and nothing ever comes of it unfortunately on this occasion it has

Bumps and scrapes are one thing, having a painful injury to a rather vulnerable part of the body such as a toe is another.

50 years ago I was knocked off my bike by a car door opening on to my foot. The driver saw there was blood coming out of my shoe and despite my protestations it was just a small cut, immediately took me to hospital. I needed 2 stitches in my foot and had fractured 2 small bones, but didn't need plaster of Paris.

I'm very sorry you're going to lose your toe, and you have my sympathies but I think in hindsight you have to realise the major factors in this are your actions (or inactions) not your employer's.

dickydonkin

Somerset wrote: »

Are you missing the point though ?


There is no evidence whatsoever this was a workplace injury. The OP could have received it playing football ?


- The injury wasn't reported at the time.
- The OP didn't leave the workplace
- The injury wasn't witnessed. ('' I did have a witness who saw me in pain but not actually doing it'' )


Two months after the fact, he claims it happened in the workplace, but has no evidence to support that. I would think that's a major problem.

As I alluded to earlier, it matters not one jot what we think on here - that includes my input and yours - it is what a solicitor would determine who would be able to ask the OP for all of the relevant information that would be required to detemine if there was an element of negligence.

I have no idea what accident reporting procedures are in place at the OP's workplace, however, after such a seemingly innocuous injury, it is understandable why the OP did not report the incident in the first place- although I certainly do not condone it.

Hopefully the OP's employer will have a decent health and safety department who will now conduct an accident investigation and determine how and why the injury occurred.

That IS the point - and that is how it should be done, however, interestingly enough, you made a great effort in diminishing the OP's claims but made no reference of the employers potential shortcomings in this.

kevhky

hindsight. If only I had it

kevhky

lincroft1710 wrote: »

Bumps and scrapes are one thing, having a painful injury to a rather vulnerable part of the body such as a toe is another.

50 years ago I was knocked off my bike by a car door opening on to my foot. The driver saw there was blood coming out of my shoe and despite my protestations it was just a small cut, immediately took me to hospital. I needed 2 stitches in my foot and had fractured 2 small bones, but didn't need plaster of Paris.

I'm very sorry you're going to lose your toe, and you have my sympathies but I think in hindsight you have to realise the major factors in this are your actions (or inactions) not your employer's.

dickydonkin wrote: »

As I alluded to earlier, it matters not one jot what we think on here - that includes my input and yours - it is what a solicitor would determine who would be able to ask the OP for all of the relevant information that would be required to detemine if there was an element of negligence.

I have no idea what accident reporting procedures are in place at the OP's workplace, however, after such a seemingly innocuous injury, it is understandable why the OP did not report the incident in the first place- although I certainly do not condone it.

Hopefully the OP's employer will have a decent health and safety department who will now conduct an accident investigation and determine how and why the injury occurred.

That IS the point - and that is how it should be done, however, interestingly enough, you made a great effort in diminishing the OP's claims but made no reference of the employers potential shortcomings in this.

Thanks and that's exactly what I thought

I think the only way is for me to seek advice via a solicitor