£27,000 settlement for back injury at work

A man who was offered £1,500 by his employer’s insurers after he was injured at work has received £27,000 in an out of court settlement. The injured workman had been part of a two-man crew carrying out digging work on a main road in order to access underground pipes. As they lifted the compressor into their van, he felt a sudden and severe pain in his lower back.