Crushed hand damages of £130,000

A factory worker who injured his hand whilst working has won damages of more than £130,000. A pallet had jammed in the machine he was operating. He followed the usual practice of switching the machine to manual to straighten the pallet. When he put his hand into the machine it suddenly and without warning started up again, lifted the pallet and crushed his hand. He had to undergo surgery where wires were used to reunite the fractures in his fingers and hand. After intensive physiotherapy he regained some but not all use of his hand and had to give up work.