Recent successes

£7,500 compensation for a Unite Scotland member who suffered nerve damage when a handsaw jammed and cut the tendon in his thumb. More than the initial offer.

£7,875 compensation for a Unite Scotland member who injured his shin when he slipped getting into a vehicle.

A worker who suffered a chemical burn has been awarded £9,500 damages. More than the initial offer.

£14,000 compensation has been awarded to a Unite Scotland worker who was injured when casks struck him on the head and across the face. More than the initial offer.

£15,500 compensation has been awarded to a Unite Scotland member who was injured when a post office lorry drove into the back of his vehicle. More than five times the initial offer.

£20,000 compensation secured for HGV driver exposed to excessive dust

£35,000 compensation has been awarded to a worker who suffered concussion and significant muscle injury to her shoulder when she was headbutted at work. £30,500 more than the initial offer.

A Unite Scotland member, an HGV driver, suffered back and neck injuries when his lorry slid on ice and crashed. He has been awarded £2,250 damages.

£2,375 damages have been awarded to a Unite Scotland member who suffered a back injury when a car crashed into his works van.

A woman whose knee was injured when she slipped on ice has been awarded £2,650 damages. More than the initial offer.

A worker whose eye was injured when a branch came out of a wood shredder has been awarded £3,900 damages.

A Unite Scotland member who suffered back and neck injuries when a car crashed into the back of his van has been awarded £4,500 damages. Almost double the initial offer.