£50,000 over leg injury

A man has received compensation of £50,000 when he was struck on the leg by a coupling hub. He was employed as a mechanical craft worker. He was asked to move a damaged coupling hub from the gearbox on the cement mill. He used a hydraulic jack as instructed by his employer, to get to the correct pressure. Unfortunately, the locking nut securing the hub had been undone too far. As a result, and under pressure from the hydraulic jack, the hub suddenly shot forward at great speed directly towards him. The hub, which weighed in excess of one tonne, struck him with force on his right leg.