I had a nasty fall coming out of college today down some wet stairs and dislocated my shoulder. 
The stairs were on the college premesis coming out from one of the buildings. It has been raining on and off all week so they were wet. I was walking down with my mate, slipped half way down and landed on my arse at the bottom dislocating my shoulder in the process.
There was a sercurity guard right behind me when i fell and he came running over making sure i was ok and the rest. He phoned for an ambulence and then called his mate over. They both said that there has been a history of people falling down these stairs and nothing has ever been done. The health and safety team at college had proposed to put some none slip stuff on the stairs but they had never got round to it.
The shoulder in question has came out before, originally christmas 2004 while playing football. I have been to see a few specialists and am currently waiting on a list for an operation.
I managed to successfully jar it back into the socket and the sercurity guards took me inside where it was warm to wait for the ambulence. The ambulence came as did the health and safety guy from the college and took all the usual stuff. Name, DOB, any allergies. The paramedic checked me over and made sure it was in ok and told me there was no need to be taken in just to strap it up, painkillers and rest. The health and safety man took my course and course leader info and said he would report it to them.
The sercurity guards told me to definately put a claim in as it is a known problem that has never been rectified. He said i should have no problems as the college will have some sort of cover and i have witnesses including one of the security blokes.
Do you lot think i have a claim? Does anyone know if any of these claims companies are actually ok to deal with? Any help is appreciated!
Luke
The stairs were on the college premesis coming out from one of the buildings. It has been raining on and off all week so they were wet. I was walking down with my mate, slipped half way down and landed on my arse at the bottom dislocating my shoulder in the process. There was a sercurity guard right behind me when i fell and he came running over making sure i was ok and the rest. He phoned for an ambulence and then called his mate over. They both said that there has been a history of people falling down these stairs and nothing has ever been done. The health and safety team at college had proposed to put some none slip stuff on the stairs but they had never got round to it.
The shoulder in question has came out before, originally christmas 2004 while playing football. I have been to see a few specialists and am currently waiting on a list for an operation.
I managed to successfully jar it back into the socket and the sercurity guards took me inside where it was warm to wait for the ambulence. The ambulence came as did the health and safety guy from the college and took all the usual stuff. Name, DOB, any allergies. The paramedic checked me over and made sure it was in ok and told me there was no need to be taken in just to strap it up, painkillers and rest. The health and safety man took my course and course leader info and said he would report it to them.
The sercurity guards told me to definately put a claim in as it is a known problem that has never been rectified. He said i should have no problems as the college will have some sort of cover and i have witnesses including one of the security blokes.
Do you lot think i have a claim? Does anyone know if any of these claims companies are actually ok to deal with? Any help is appreciated!
Luke
