Work Accident Injury Compensation Solicitors

If you have suffered a work injury and your employer or another employee was to blame you may be able to make a personal injury compensation claim. Our team of no win, no fee solicitors at claimssolicitors.co.uk have a wide range of experience in dealing with the large variety of claims that can arise out of an accident at work.

Your employer has a duty in law to provide you with a safe working environment. This includes the provision of suitable working areas and flooring, special equipment and clothing, and adequate safety training. If your employer has been negligent in this area and this has led to you sustaining a work injury, you may be able to make a substantial compensation claim.

The most common accidents at work relate to manual handling, lifting and carrying. These can result in back injuries or spinal injuries. There are also many instances of falling, slip and trip accidents, and being hit by objects or vehicles, which can result in limb injuries and even catastrophic injuries. Unsafe machinery causes many work injuries per year including amputations of fingers, toes and limbs. Machinery is often a major factor in noisy environments that can cause long term hearing loss or deafness. All these instances can lead entitle you to make a successful work injury claim.

Burns and chemical burns happen in a variety of accidents at work, and many skin conditions such as dermatitis are contracted each year at work.

Exposure to hazardous substances can also cause long term diseases – such as lung conditions. You may be able to make a compensation claim for industrial illness. Click for more information on Industrial Illness Compensation Claims.

Workplace accident claims are a very specialist area of personal injury law and if you need to talk to an accident at work solicitor contact us now on FREEPHONE 0800 731 7923 or you can fill in the work injury claim form or e-mail us at claims@claimssolicitors.co.uk

Work Injury Case Study

Mr A was operating machinery at work when his finger became trapped in the mechanism. The finger was crushed and Mr A was left with numbness and permanent scarring. Even though Mr A's employers subsequently closed down Davies & Company successfully pursued a case of negligence against the company and Mr A received a payment of £8,500.

Mrs S severely injured her back whilst working as a carer at a Local Authority residential home. She was bathing a patient who slipped in the bath but the lack of correct procedures, training and staff meant that the Council was found liable and Mrs S received £10,500 for her injuries.

Click on the link here to see examples of the damages given for Work Injury Compensation Claims.

If you have had an accident or for impartial accident compensation claims advice, contact Claims Solicitors today who operate in the North West of England and Cheshire including Manchester, Stockport, Crewe, Macclesfield and throughout the UK.

Claims Solicitors are regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority