Postman injured by heavy postbag wins damages

A postman has won damages from the Royal Mail after he was injured dragging an overweight postbag out of his van in May 1997. The Judge rules that Royal Mail could have done more to prevent the accident. The Judge found that there was "little or no evidence... of training and guidance". Despite Royal Mail guidelines that workers should divide loads so that bags do not weigh more than 16kg, Mr Melvin claimed that he was not informed of this in his training a few weeks before the acci... (79 more words)

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