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A company want to put on a charity fire walk as part of fund raising activities.
Given that this is organised by the company and on company premises, what would the implications be if an employee were to claim for burn injuries sustained during the event?
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Burned employee off work for some time whilst the feet heal, cost of hiring a temporary worker or the lost production, severely annoyed, hurt & upset worker(s), loss of confidence in the employer, dip in employee relations etc etc, plus of course the aggravation and management time in dealing with the claim.
That's quite apart from any increase in insurance costs arising from the claim. Costs will be incurred regardless of the merit of the claim itself.
On the plus side it seems like fun and the charity will be grateful for the monies raised.
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The person/s (firm) running the fire walking event on company premises are surely responsible for making the fire walking as safe as reasonably practical - i.e. through risk assessment - it is presumed that the premises provided by the charity are appropriate.
Therefore, in my opinion, if an employee suffers a burn injury it would be down to the fire walking firm and they are the ones to be sued by the employee. The charity in turn, should sue for all costs as stated by David Bannister in #2.
Rich
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Rich,
Case law supports David's comment. The one I recall was an employer organised "awayday" that included an off-road mountain biking "event" during which the "red mist" of competition resulted in a collision and injury. But employer was held liable.
Phil
I did spot this:
http://www.theguardian.c...g-hospital-estate-agents
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I've just spent ten years at a major UK Chrity which runs this kind of event, and I've now moved to an even more major one which may well do the same. The answer is to arrange to transfer the risk by contract to a specialist provider. These events are (in defiance of expectation) reasonably safe, and if you buy in an event organiser that specialises in this kind of thing it is possible to make money for your cause, give your participants a healthy thrill and a warm glow (of satisfaction, not burning feet) and all in relative safety,
John
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