One of the most common accident compensation claims in the workplace involves falls from heights. Any job where the employee has to scale heights has a certain intrinsic risk which is why it is vitally important for both employers and employees to minimise the risks by taking precautions as laid out by government in health and safety guidelines.

This has been highlighted by a recent case where an employee at one of the UK’s most famous golf courses has launched a compensation claim after a fall from height workplace accident.

The injured party in the case is Peter McCloy who was once a famous goalkeeper for Rangers FC during the 1970’s and 1980’s. Now aged 64 Peter was working at Turnburry golf course when he fell from a height of 10ft whilst making a repair to a net.

Peter has now requested his personal injury solicitors launch a personal injury claim claiming the Ayrshire Golf Club had ignored health and safety rules and this contributed to his accident. The injury forced McCloy to be taken to hospital and it was discovered that he had suffered a bone broken in the shoulder.

His former employers are disputing the compensation claim, maintaining that it was Peter’s own fault as he was up the ladder on his own without it being footed.

The compensation claim has now been deferred by a court in Edinburgh until next year.