Worker wins compensation after tripping over computer cable

A Jobcentre Plus employee has been awarded damages after an accident at work in which he was injured after tripping over a cable, Thompsons Solicitors reports.

The accident happened on 30 June 2005, following some building renovation work the night before. While he was walking, John Burdett caught his foot in computer wires trailing from a desk onto the floor. He fell heavily onto the corner of a desk and was left with fractured ribs and other injuries to his neck, shoulders and arms.

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