A Duty Of Care

[albaqwerty]

the older alba (25) came home at 3.30pm in a panic as his brother (23) had been injured at work.
They both work in the same abattoir, anyway, that's not the point, if the older alba hadn't been there and broken the news, Mr A and I were wondering if we would ever have found out/

The Company does have our contact details for next of kin, but no-one notified us.

On the plus side, the younger alba is now is a hospital which specialises in nerve damage and they think he'll be off work, which will include physio after mice-surgery, for at least 2 months.

Still think the Work should have notified a next of kin or am I wrong?

Thanks

[Mamyalynne]

First of all, sorry to hear of the accident and hope he's soon on the road to recovery.


Presumably your other Son told them he would contact you?

[tonyav]

alba, how did the older alba brother find out about the accident.

[marval]

I wish your son a good recovery Alba, I assume his brother said he would tell you.

[DTCwordfan]

sorry to hear this, Albs, don't know the answer as to Scottish employment law....did your younger son 'leave' it as to his brother and contacting you? And maybe the company knew of this request - or there may well have been assumptions made (wrongfully so, perhaps?)

In hoping the wee Albs is through the worse, even if the recovery road is indeed a slow one - must have been a hell of a day for you though - in my thoughts!! (dtc xx).

[mazie]

Awww. So sorry Albs. Hope he gets better soon and the surgery goes well. What's been damaged? xxxx

[albaqwerty]

filleting steak, very sharp knife, into bicep.
(loads of blood apparently)
Anyway, 'they' knew his brother was around and called for him to come to first aid room.
Tourniquet etc.

Am just a tad miffed that no-one from Work phoned, younger alba admitted to local hospital and then transferred to another.

At least he's fine, for which I am most grateful.

[pixie374]

I really hope he's ok, albs. I wouldn't expect next of kin to be informed for an adult unless he was unconscious.

[mazie]

Oh, That's nasty Albs. They should have phoned even though his Brother had told you, just to say sorry and is there anything they can do.... Perhaps they'll call on Monday. xxxx

[albaqwerty]

DT, they could well have done so, poor lad came home in a panic about his brother (well, you do, don't you?)

Many thanks for all good wishes, younger alba did say 'hey, happy birthday dad' !!

Mazie, I can't offer him to come up and dig your allotment thingy - the things they do to get out of doing stuff :-)

(am less stressed now than I was a few hours ago)

[Jackdaw33]

Duty of care is a concept in the Tort of Negligence and does not extend to the circumstances you describe.

[tonyav]

Hope he makes a speedy recovery, alba.

[mazie]

That's OK Albs... It's mostly done now... Fruit trees going in next Wednesday :o) xx

[albaqwerty]

maybe, ok, not maybe I'm wrong, but if his brother hadn't been working at the same place, how on earth would anyone know that he had been admitted to hospital?

Am just wondering, not having a go or a pop at anything, just curious.

[DTCwordfan]

a speedy recovery indeed.....nasty potentially, could have been even worse....you'll have to ask him if he is kosher or halaal!

xx

[DTCwordfan]

a speedy recovery as in wish for...just to be clear!

[albaqwerty]

oooh, DT, when I mention those words to him, I'll have quite a task to describe his facial expression lol xx

[Patsy33]

Oh dear. What a shock. I wish young alba a speedy recovery. I think it would have been at least courteous to have called you. x

[albaqwerty]

thank you each and every one for nice thoughts.
Am sure he'll eventually be fine.

Have just noticed that he'll be going for mice-surgery, interesting concept, makes a change from micro-surgery.

[wolf63]

Ouch is all I can say about his injury.

Hope all Alba family are back to peak health very soon - especially Furry Alba x

[DTCwordfan]

mice surgery is a well known medical condition, it means 'by a whisker'.....Night.