Accident at work compensation claim
An accident at work compensation claim can be made against your employer if you have been injured whilst carrying out your work duties. Employers have a legal responsibility to look after the welfare of their staff and ensure they are safe whilst at work. This includes ensuring you have adequate training and equipment to do your job and that your place of work is free from any potential hazards that may cause injury.
Accidents are common in all types of workplace, from building sites to offices. It’s not just people doing physical jobs that are at risk. You could be injured by faulty equipment, fall over something split or left on the floor, or contract an industrial disease such as repetitive strain injury or asbestosis.
If you have suffered from a personal injury following an accident at work and are thinking about making a compensation claim, take advantage of our free legal advice and call us now on 0800 197 32 32.
We will answer any questions you have about making a personal injury compensation claim following an accident at work. If you would like us to help you make a claim, we will work for you on a no risk, no win, no fee basis. See No win, no fee for more information.
A recent accident a work compensation claim
The claimant who is male and aged 39 at the date of the accident was employed as a bakery operative.
On the day of the accident the claimant was at work in the tray room which entailed putting trays into stacks onto a conveyer belt to be distributed to other parts of the factory. The trays that the claimant was given to work with had been stored in the chiller room and as they had been waiting to go onto the conveyer belt, they had started to get wet and slippery.
The claimant put the stack of trays onto the conveyer belt and then as he put another lot on, they slipped back off pushing the claimant against the wall and causing him to lose balance. His leg twisted under a metal railing and the claimant felt pain in his left knee.
Following the injury the claimant attended a near by hospital where x-rays were taken and a plaster cast was applied to his leg. He remained off work for two weeks following the accident.
The claimant contact The Claim Solicitors and entered into a no win, no fee agreement with an ‘After The Event’ legal expenses insurance which we took out on the claimant’s behalf, to protect him from legal fees, if his personal injury claim was unsuccessful.
A Letter of Claim was sent to the the bakery owner (the defendant) on 26 th November 2004 and liability was admitted by the defendant in February 2005.
A consultant orthopaedic surgeon was instructed to prepare a medical report, to support the accident at work compensation claim. Negotiations ensued and subsequently agreement was reached without issuing court proceedings in June 2005.
The claimant accepted the sum of £2,500 in full and final settlement of his accident at work compensation claim in June 2005.
Help making an accident a work compensation claim
If you have been injured in an accident at work and want to make a compensation claim, speak to one of our personal injury solicitors now on 0800 197 32 32.
