Accidents at Work
Accidents that occur in the workplace are sadly a common occurrence. They make up a large majority of the personal injury claims for compensation and can leave devastating results on your life.Accidents at work aren’t limited by your employment; a work related personal injury can happen across all aspects of the employment sector. Whether you work in an office, a high street store, a construction site and factory or if you are managing director of your own company, everyone has the same risk.
The personal injury caused by an accident at work can vary depending on the severity of the accident. This personal injury can be minor such as a strain injury or more major such as broken bones/fractures or head and spinal injury.
Your employer has a duty of care towards you as an employee. Accidents at work should be avoidable by following strict health and safety measures. If you feel you are completing a task without the proper training and equipment you should inform your employer right away. Accidents at work can be down to employees not being provided with protective clothing/equipment, not having the right or sufficient training for their job as well as working in a hazardous environment where health and safety regulations are not being properly followed.
If you are working in an office you could be facing repetitive strain injury from inappropriate desk space or insufficient breaks. In a warehouse you could trip over packaging that hasn’t been cleared away. However construction sites and factories still remain the biggest threat when it comes to personal injury work accidents, with statistics showing that you are six times more likely to have a work accident on a construction site than in any other occupation.
If an accident does happen in the work place it has to be reported straight away to your employer. The accident should also be noted down in what is known as the accident book, all workplaces should have an accident book to keep a record of any accidents that occur in the workplace. If you fail to report details of the accident and later decide to claim for compensation your claim will be unfounded and dismissed.
If you have had a work accident in the last three years you could be entitled to compensation. Maybe you have not had an accident but suffered from stress. Here at Accident Consultant we are experts in compensation claims involving accidents in the workplace. We work on a no win no fee basis, meaning you keep all of the money you are awarded with your fees being paid from the other side. Many people are naturally worried about making a claim against their employer but it is your civil and legal right to claim compensation after an accident that wasn’t your fault; your job will not come under threat because of this.
For more information about claiming after an accident at work that wasn’t your fault get in touch with Accident Consult today on 08081 686970.