Former Coles employee wins $1 million after falling off stool at work

[davidc4430]

well that was an easy way to make some money.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-04-28/coles-employee-wins-$1-million-after-falling-off-stool-at-work...

unless the lawyers take it all.

will coles and woolies shelf stackers be falling off ladders and steps a lot now?

[enigmabear]

That must have been one mighty tall poop

[springyzone]

It is not so much the fact some people get payouts, it is more the size of the payouts that gets me. I know she had a hip replacement but it still seems an excessive amount of compensation.

I've heard of people losing limbs and getting a lot less than that.

[lyndal1838]

She is very young at 34 to have had a hip replacement....she will probably need to have it done several times over her lifetime and as she has had a payout she will have to pay for it herself.  She is no longer entitled to any funding from Workers Comp.

But I have to ask....how much instruction do you need to use a safety step?

[imastawka]

Lyndal, it seems some people do need instructions -

                     

[davidc4430]

[lyndal1838]

Ah but Stawks, those are ladders which have more than one level.....you actually need to move both feet, one at a time, to climb them.

With a safety step there is only one level...step up once...that is all you can do.

[davidc4430]

[imastawka]

They're talking this type of thingie with wheels underneath, that lock when you step on them, aren't they?

[lyndal1838]

That is what I see as a safety step Stawks, but not all of them have wheels that lock when you stand on them.

Now the bottom picture is a different kettle of fish.....plenty of "safety" there but how did they manage to reach the top step?   Did they use a smaller safety step to get there?