Health & safety failing | Worker who had bowel removed after dangerous work trip awarded £800k

Worker who had bowel removed after dangerous work trip awarded £800k

Martin Smith, a 62-year-old former employee of Primetals Technologies Ltd, has been awarded £800,000 in compensation after he had to undergo two major surgeries and have a stoma bag following a work trip to India.

Smith, who had previously been diagnosed with Crohn's disease, was asked by his employer to undertake a week-long work trip to India, just three months after returning to work part-time and working from home due to his medical condition.

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