They look lovely all lit up and decorated, but Christmas Trees are the root cause of a number of accidents during the festive season. According to the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents, 2007 saw around 1,000 people injured in incidents involving Christmas Trees, including pine-related eye injuries as people reached for presents. Last year, one man even received £35,000 in personal injury compensation from the Czech Supreme Court after he was crushed by a 101ft Christmas Tree in the nation’s capital of Prague.
But it’s not just people suffering at the hands/branches of those pesky firs. Numerous accident claims are made to insurance companies for furniture that has been damaged by a fallen or irresponsibly handled tree.
