Work Accident Injury Claims

As a worker you have the right to demand a safe and risk free place in which to work and it is your employer’s responsibility to provide this for you.

They have an obligation to provide you with a safe and appropriate workplace, access to relevant, well maintained equipment and tools as well as all the training and safety briefings you need to do your job in a risk free manner. They are also obliged by law to conduct regular risk assessments to highlight any potential issues and to report accidents and incidents to the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) if anything does occur.

If your employer has failed to do any of these things adequately and it has resulted in an accident or injury, then you have a right to seek compensation. You needn’t feel you are being greedy or unethical by doing so; in fact, the process of making injury claims has been put in place to protect people like you and future workers from accidents happening to them.

It’s more than earning money

For many people their job is more than just a way to earn money, as it is part of who they are and critical to their identity. To suffer an injury in your place of work can impact greatly on your confidence, your ability to do your job and your relationship with your employer. As well as reimbursing any lost earnings through taking time off, work accident claims will also go some way towards meeting the costs of prescriptions and doctor’s visits and will also ensure justice is done for you.

If you have had any sort of accident at work injury claims can be pursued on a no win no fee basis. This means there is no financial risk to you by engaging a solicitor and as a good deal of the claim can be processed over the phone you can stay in the comfort of your own home and concentrate on your recuperation. Specialist work injury claims lawyers will be able to assist you at every stage of the process and will treat your claim with the utmost confidentiality and discretion.

There are many types of work accident claims processed every day, with some of the most common involving accidents with forklift trucks and incidents on construction sites involving falling items or ladder accidents. However, even normal office environments have their fair share of accidents, including slips on wet floors and trips over unguarded cabling. Compensation payments range from £1,700 for a broken finger up to £37,000 for a severe foot injury and even more for other major injuries.

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