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Scaffold fall compensation

A man has received an out of court settlement of £4,635 after a fall at work tore the cartilage in his knee and left him unable to work. He was working as a labourer for a construction firm when he fell. He was asked to clear scaffolding away but as he walked down one of the allocated walkways his left foot fell through a gap in the planks.

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