Site accident payouts break £8m barrier
Site accident payouts break £8m barrier
Construction union UCATT last year secured a record £8.7 million in workplace injury and disease payouts. It was the first time the total had broken the £8 million and was up from the £7.9 million won in the previous year. The new total came from 776 successful claims paid out by insurers and companies. Alan Ritchie, UCATT general secretary, said the figures underlined the effectiveness of the union’s compensation procedures. But he added: 'Behind every settlement there is a story of misfortune and pain. So, ideally, we would like the compensation total to be zero.' Total accident compensation won by the union over the past five years now adds up to nearly £31m from more than 3,200 successful claims. UCATT says the compensation total is increasing partly because of the steady rise in asbestos-related claims. The latest payouts included £1.2m compensation for widows of asbestos victims secured in the six months up to October last year.
- UCATT Building Worker, page 4, Spring 2005 [pdf]. Contract Journal.
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