£13,000 in compensation for hand burn

A coffee shop worker whose hand was badly burnt in a hot fish fryer after she was given a broken cleaning tool has received more than £13,000 in compensation. She was injured when, unknown to her, the scraper provided to clean a ledge on the fish fryer at the supermarket’s coffee shop had a screw missing from the plastic handle. Her right hand slipped off the handle and down into the fryer’s fat badly burning her thumb and hand. Her hand was bandaged up for five months meaning she was unable to return to work. In the end she lost her job. The supermarket admitted liability and settled the claim out of court.