£8,400 in compensation for slip at work

A bakery worker who was injured after he slipped in the workplace has received £8,400 in compensation. He was left with tissue damage to his wrist, shoulder and neck after he slipped on ice which had built up on the floor of a walk-in freezer at the bakery in Leeds. Staff had complained to management about the problem, caused by a poor cleaning system inside the freezer, but nothing had been done to fix it. He had to take ten weeks off sick from his job as a team manager for the bakers. When he returned to work he was put on light duties meaning he could only work for a few hours a day for five months, leaving him with significantly reduced wages.