Had a personal injury at work?
You might be relieved to know that you can make a no win no fee claim for compensation for your personal work injury.
This can be at your place of work or if you were working somewhere else and you might have a claim against a company or independent individual including your employer.
It is required by law for an employer to have a Employer Liability Insurance. This insurance company will handle your compensation claim for any injury or loss (such as loss of earnings). You do not have to have had time off work but you can still claim accident compensation due to physical pain or suffering as a result of your injury.
There are many different ways an accident at work can occur and it might not be that someone in particular is to blame, it could be faulty equipment or machinery, insufficient instruction on how to operate machinery, the use of dangerous equipment, a damaged or wet and slippery floor, no safety clothing and the lifting of heavy items. It can be anything from falling from a ladder, to hurting your wrist at the office, personal work related injuries that are not your fault are worth claiming for because you do not have to suffer in silence.
What is a personal injury?
A personal injury could be physical, a disease or illness as well as a psychological injury or illness. It could result in death.
Examples of a personal injury would be an injury sustained at work and include a work-related illness causing disease such as working with asbestos.
• Stress causing psychological illness.
• A road traffic accident injury.
• Injury caused due to faulty goods.
• If an injury is caused by tripping over an uneven paving stone.
• Child abuse causing psychological disorder.
• Injury caused by a mistake in a hospital.
• Injury caused either physical or psychological due to a criminal act.
• Psychological illness due to discrimination or harassment at work.
It is worth thinking about the following should you have been affected by a personal injury or representing someone who died due to a personal injury.
- You need to think if you want to complain to the organisation or individual who caused the injury.
- Should you claim for compensation over losses made as a result of your injury.
- Have you been unable to work causing sudden financial problems because of the injury.
UK personal work injury claims are completed on a no win no fee basis and can be very efficient from application stage, to claim stage assuming you meet all of the relevant criteria.
Personal injuries at work are an unwanted side effect of certain jobs, particularly in the United Kingdom, so if you have suffered from this type of unwanted injury, feel free to make a no obligation enquiry at this site.
What criteria do I have to meet in order to make a personal work injury claim?
The personal injury should not have been your fault and you should should have incurred this personal injury in the last three years if you are interested in making a valid claim for compensation.