So I nearly died yesterday. How to claim?

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JonnyGeee

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Well yesterday, due to somebody else's fault, I received an electric shock from a 240v supply, luckily for me the RCD tripped out as I was clasping into the machine very tight.
I had to go to hospital and have various ECG checks etc, and I have come away from the accident having a very sore chest and being told to rest, I could have the pain for upto a month.
I moved a box yesterday and it took me 2 hours to get over the pain.

Obviously I'm now looking into claiming for this as I could have died and it's not my fault. What do you guys think I could get and how do I go about it?
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Shocking story, gave me quite a jolt reading it.

I dont know what the current procedure is personally, but expect a lot of resistance. Try to go with someone who wont charge you.
 
I've had a nasty bolt before (which messed me up for the best part of a week) and just put it down to experience, never again trusting what anyone else says when it comes to things being switched off. But hey, this is compo Britain, fill your boots.
 
How was the other person involved / at fault?

May have some bearing on if you have a claim for example:

If someone tells you something is switched off and it is not, then not sure you have a claim cos you are supposed to prove dead yourself not rely on someone else.

Just wondering if you could flesh out the situation with more info

Hope you feel better soon

Ps. It would also probably depend on why you were there, say member of public gets a poke, probably a good claim, if you were working on the machine you would be assumed to have taken some risk and have the expertise to avoid this happening etc, which would reduce your chances i would expect.
 
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ohm my god! sounds nasty mate :(

You can't claim because you nearly died, however if you're suffering loss of earnings, or require special equipment which is not provided on the NHS then you could probably claim.

I don't wish to turn this on you however it is important that you make sure your working environment is safe before you start. Only last night I hard wired a new washing machine into my mum's kitchen, and once I had isolated the circuit marked 'kitchen appliances' I still got the multimeter out and checked for potential over live/neutral and live/earth before getting near it with a screwdriver.

Glad to hear you're not dead and by the sounds of it largely ok - please take more care in future though, we don't want a fried OCUKer!
 
MooMoo444 said:
Shocking story, gave me quite a jolt reading it.

I dont know what the current procedure is personally, but expect a lot of resistance. Try to go with someone who wont charge you.
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Lots of win and made me chuckle ... :D

That aside, sorry to hear that mate, I've had some nasty jolts in the past and it's not a nice experience :(
 
MooMoo444 said:
Shocking story, gave me quite a jolt reading it.

I dont know what the current procedure is personally, but expect a lot of resistance. Try to go with someone who wont charge you.
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Worth reading the thread just for that.

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I've only had one mains jolt and that was off xmas lights, was nasty and I can almost experience your pain because of it. Hope you feel better soon.

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Still,

More detail required from the OP.

Was the mains isolated before work commenced and some idiot threw the switch while you had your hand in there?

Or did you ask someone to isolate the supply and they forgot/didn't bother/did it incorrectly?

Was this while at work?

Are you losing money because of the incident?
 
Did someone leave the machine live ? Or did you not check the power before working on it. If its the latter you could be facing a fine from health and safety.
 
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