The Industrial Cases Reports
[2019] ICR 513
Queen’s Bench Division
Heeds
v
Chief Constable of Cleveland Police and another (Tascor Services Ltd, Part 20 defendant)
[2018] EWHC 810 (QB)
2017 Nov 1;
2018 Feb 15;
April 18
Jeremy Baker J
Health and safety— Employer’s duty— Workplace— Police officer sustaining injury to thumb by trapping it in door to custody suite at police station— Claim for damages for personal injury— Whether liability governed by Regulations concerning safety of workplace or those concerning work equipment— Correct test of liability—
Workplace (Health, Safety and Welfare) Regulations 1992 (SI 1992/3004), regs 5(1), 18(1)
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Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations 1998 (SI 1998/2306), reg 4(1)