Injury at work

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Hi guys, I got an injury today at work and am looking for an advice.

So here it goes, this morning I came of the A303 on to the A37 heading towards Yeovil I wanted to wee, so I stopped in the second lay by(where the burger van is usually parked) on the right hand side, as I got out of the cab I stepped of the tarmac and feel in to a hole about 1.7 meters deep I badly twisted my ankle and bruised my hamstring.

So the question is, should I phone up the local council and let them know that there is hole in the ground or just leave it be?

It was around 6am in the morning and I couldn’t pitch dark, hopefully nobody else wont fall in to it.

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Riho:
Hi guys, I got an injury today at work and am looking for an advice.

Open your eyes ya dopey [zb] would be my advice :wink:

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Good grief…
How could you not notice a hole that was nearly six foot deep!!!

How did you get out?

Worth letting someone know, you could lose a small person in there, and would not like to put a front wheel down it, thats for sure :open_mouth: :open_mouth: :open_mouth:

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The county council are more likely to be the ones to contact.
I would certainly speak to someone and voice your concerns/complaint, you may be lucky and could be in line for some sort of financial compensation.

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i use that breakfast van once a week . not seen any holes that big .but there is a ditch running along the layby covered by bushes .

good van for food :wink:

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Take a photo of said hole you fell down and contact one of the many ambulance chasing " no win - no fee " companys that are knocking about.

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Should’ve just pee’d into a bottle. :bulb: :laughing:

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Serves your right, people will be eating there.

If you know that layby normally has a food place, why ■■■■ in it, go to the next one.

Hope it bloody hurts :smiling_imp:

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waynedl:
Serves your right, people will be eating there.

If you know that layby normally has a food place, why ■■■■ in it, go to the next one.

Hope it bloody hurts :smiling_imp:

Don’t confuse a lack of toilet facilities with a lack of people needing to go to the toilet. Given the weather in the past few days the rain will soon wash most of the urine away, if it has flowed into a gulley even more so. A hole that deep could be a drain gulley where the grid has been pinched for scrap, been a fair bit of that lately.

Need to report the hazard to highways be it county council if only to give them a chance to fix the problem. Hope the OPs injuries heal quickly.