Wilkes - v - Areva T & D Ltd
| Claimant | Mr David Ernest Wilkes | ||||||||
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| Job title | Fitter Wireman (SOC 2000: 5241) | ||||||||
| Task description | Fixing crimp terminals to 4mm2 wire | ||||||||
| Injury | Rupture of the extensor pollicus longus (EPL) tendon in the left thumb | ||||||||
| Defendant(s) | Areva T & D Ltd (SIC 2007: C27.12) | ||||||||
| Court(s) | Stoke County | ||||||||
| Case No. | 4SQ05780 | ||||||||
| Date | 4 Apr 2006 | ||||||||
| Judge(s) | Mr Recorder Cliff | ||||||||
| For Claimant | |||||||||
| All Claimants | Mr David Ernest Wilkes | ||||||||
| Solicitor | Thompsons (ST1 3TA) | ||||||||
| Counsel | Mr Simon Michael | ||||||||
| Non-Medical expert(s) | Mr Brian G Pearce (Ergonomics) (Single Joint Expert) | ||||||||
| Medical expert(s) | Mr I G Bhoora (Orthopaedic Surgery) | ||||||||
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| Solicitor | Weightmans (LE1 1FB) | ||||||||
| Counsel | Mr Boora | ||||||||
| Non-Medical expert(s) | Mr Brian G Pearce (Ergonomics) (Single Joint Expert) | ||||||||
| Medical expert(s) | Prof Frank Burke (Hand Surgery) | ||||||||
| Outcome | |||||||||
| Judgment for: | Claimant | ||||||||
| Injury found: | Yes | ||||||||
| Work related: | Yes | ||||||||
| Breach of Statutory Duty: | Yes | ||||||||
| Defendant negligent: | Yes | ||||||||
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| No information on quantum in Judgment | |||||||||
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| References to and/or Interpretations of Regulations and HSE Guidance Documents | |||||||||
| The Judgment in this claim makes explicit references to the Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations and to the HSE's guidance on those Regulations. There is also a brief reference to: regulation 3(1) of the Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1992. Insofar as this Judgment could be said to provide an interpretation of regulation 4 of the Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations, from a lay perspective the interpretation is consistent with the HSE's guidance on those Regulations. V2.01 | |||||||||
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