The student, who was in a building and construction program, dismantled scaffolding in Ronneby during autumn 2023, according to official sources. He slipped and fell over the guardrail, with his helmet coming off in the air and his head hitting several iron bars on the way down. The fall resulted in fractures to his wrist, collarbone, and ribs, a punctured lung, and head injuries, the official sources reported.
Safety lapses contributed to the accident, as the student heard from colleagues that the remaining guardrail was sufficient and that a harness was not needed, according to the official sources. After emergency treatment, surgery, and rehabilitation, the 23-year-old still has difficulty moving and lives with pain. He now receives 152,000 kronor in compensation from Kammarkollegiet for scars on his body and the injuries he lives with, and the authority will also return with a decision regarding his head scars.
In a separate incident, a high school student in central Skåne receives 65,000 kronor in compensation after a serious accident during his internship at a company, according to major media reports. A case officer at Kammarkollegiet decided on the payment after the student injured a finger with a pillar drill, the reports state. It is unclear whether the two sources are reporting on the same student or two different students, and the specific safety regulations violated in the scaffolding incident have not been detailed.
The timeline for Kammarkollegiet's decision regarding the head scars and the long-term medical needs of the injured student also remain unknown.