There are numerous ways that you can be electrocuted, whether it be an electric shock at work, your home or a public place as long as the electric shock accident was not your own fault and you were injured, then an injury claim may be possible.

We have recently accepted an injury claim for electrocution, which involved a man living in his housing association home. The client went to reach for a plastic microwave dish cover which was situated on top of his microwave. As he went to reach it, his right hand brushed the strip light underneath the kitchen unit.

The client was then thrown backwards across the kitchen floor. He screamed in pain as his finger was very sore. Our client’s girlfriend heard him and came to help. His right hand to his elbow was shaking and he called NHS Direct, they advised him that if his arm got worse or did not recover within a day or two, to visit his local hospital. 48 hours later clients hand was still shaking and in pain so he saw his doctor who referred him straight to hospital. Hospital gave him a heart trace which was normal, but diagnosed nerve and soft tissue damage to his right hand.

The faulty strip light which caused the electric shock and injured our client was 240 volts and the accident was reported to the housing association responsible the next day.

The housing association sent an engineer who looked at the faulty light and told client that both strip lights in the kitchen were fitted incorrectly as the male ends of the lights were totally exposed (live) making them very dangerous. The lights were removed by the housing association.

The strip lights were fitted by the housing association when the house was built in 2008. Client and his family are the first occupants of the house from new.

If you have suffered a similar type of electric shock accident, contact us here at the Accident Advice Bureau, we have years of experience in such matters, click: Injury claim after being electrocuted.