Have You Suffered An Accident At Work?

If you have had an accident at work then you might be interested or even comforted to hear that you might be able to make a claim for compensation.

Accidents at work are sometimes an unfortunate side effect of jobs that carry a certain amount of risk, and whether you work on a construction site or in an office, if you have an accident at work then you might be eligible to make a compensation claim for your accident and you should not hesitant reporting a work accident claim against your employer.

It is the responsibility of an employer to safeguard you and inform you about health and safety in the work place. It is also a legal requirement to give an account of specific accidents and occurrences that have taken place and if you are eligible for sick pay.

An employer has the duty to make sure that any machinery is tested regularly, that there is sufficient safety checks of machinery on a regularly basis, providing enough safety equipment, and telling employees of the risks in the workplace and ways to avoid them.

Every situation will have its own accident risks in the work place and the employer will need to address these.

You may be of the opinion that only factory accidents or construction site accident are the only sort incidents that are eligible for compensation, this is not so as accidents in office environments also can carrying risks which need to be looked out for.

There are many different types of working environments for example if your work involves driving as part of your job, in such circumstances it is essential that the vehicle you are driving is roadworthy and safe, should it not be roadworthy and then you suffer an injury as a result, then you could qualify a work accident compensation claim.

Should an employer not take the necessary safety measures against preventing a work accident, then the likelihood of a worker sustaining an injury at work increases and eventually results in the odds of a work accident compensation claim being brought against them. A claim can only made for harm sustained by an employee at their place of work, which wouldn’t have happened if the employer had taken measures to avert the work accident.

Should a serious work-related incident occur (including accident, dangerous incident or diseases) then your employer must give an account of such occurrences to the Incident Contact Centre of Health and Safety Executive (HSE).

Your employer must reveal any major injuries such as broken limbs; death; dangerous incidents such as an employee being affected by gas or scaffolding collapsing causing injury; any injury that will put an end to an employee carrying out their work in excess of three working days. It is up to your employer to make the report but it is advisable should you be affected by any such incidents that you check the incident has indeed been reported by your employer.

Your employer must register any injury at work (as well as small injuries) in an ‘accident book’. It is a requirement that all employers (bar extremely small companies) keep this ‘accident book’ for the welfare of their employees. This is because it gives an account of the events leading to your needing to be absent from work or should you need to make a compensation claim.

Whilst off work due to an accident it is advisable to keep in contact with other work colleagues so that when you are ready to return to work it will not be too stressful. You also should not return to work to swiftly as if you return to early it might be that you will not make the full recovery you should have if you had stayed at home recuperating. A work accident claim permits you to be financially secure during the recovery from your injury so that you do not need to return to work too early.

Am I eligible? What is the criteria for my claim for an accident at work

Your accident must have been in the last three years and it must not have been your fault, industrial injuries are commonplace in the United Kingdom, so long as you are not the one who is at fault and the injury is valid then you may be eligible to make an accident claim.
All accident claim at this site are conducted on a no win no fee basis, so it might be in your interests to make a no win no fee claim for accident compensation.

To begin a claim for an accident at work fill in the no win no fee form to the right of the page to make a no obligation enquiry for your potential claim.

We look forward to hearing from you at getcompensation.org.uk