Torn ligaments compensation

A man has received £17,000 compensation after he tore his ankle ligaments in a workplace accident. He was forced to go on long term sick leave as a result of the injury caused when he fell into a gap between two machines. The platform on the machines, used in the process of creating complex cast iron components, should have been lined up square but a gap of four inches had been allowed to develop. He was later made redundant by the firm following a number of compulsory redundancies made before it went into liquidation.