Work accident – We can help you pursue a personal injury claim

Thousands of people are injured in work accidents every year. It’s not just people that have physical jobs like builders, delivery drivers or postmen that are at risk. Accidents can happen in any workplace, from farms to factories, to offices and shops.

Your employer has a legal duty to ensure your safety whilst at work. This includes providing you and your colleagues with adequate training and equipment and ensuring your working environment is safe at all times. If the company you work for fails to do this, then you are entitled to claim compensation if you are injured as a result.

The Claim Solicitors specialise in personal injury claims that occur as a result of a work accident. We help hundreds of people every year to make a claim following an accident at work. Our service is completely cost free and risk free. You are fully protected from costs, whatever the outcome of the case. See No win, no fee for more information.

A recent work accident claim we have successfully concluded
Our male claimant was aged 46 at the date of the work accident which occurred in August 2002.

The claimant was employed to service oil-fired boilers and attend weekend call-out breakdowns. On the day of the accident the claimant was asked to install paving stones on which the tank he was fitting would stand. This work was usually a two-man job, however on the day of the accident the claimant undertook the task on his own as the job needed doing and his work colleague was on a day’s holiday.

The claimant was carrying a slab when he slipped on a lawn and fell backwards. The claimant lay on the floor for a while as the fall had winded him. When the claimant eventually got up he suffered immediate pain to the middle of his back which continued down to his toes.

The following day the claimant was in severe pain and had difficulty getting out of bed. He was taken to his GP where he was examined and told he had pulled a muscle. He was prescribed pain killing medication and was signed off work for five weeks. Thereafter the claimant attended a chiropractor and physiotherapist due to ongoing symptoms.

The claimant instructed The Claim Solicitors and a no win, no fee agreement was entered into in March 2003. A letter of claim was sent to his employer’s insurance company in February 2003.

GP and hospital notes were obtained and an expert orthopaedic consultant was instructed to prepare a report.

After a number of chasing letters and telephone calls from The Claim Solicitors, liability was denied by his employer (the defendant) in December 2003. However The Claim Solicitors took the view that the claim would be successful and proceedings were issued in Chelmsford County Court in July 2004.

The matter was allocated to the Fast Track (one of a number of legal processing systems used for civil litigatation cases). Six months of negotiations ensued with a judgement in favour of the Claimant later being set aside on application by the defendant.

A Case Management Conference was held with the District Judge in January 2005, and the claimant’s employer finally made a payment of £9,000 to the claimant, shortly before a trial was due to commence. This was accepted by the claimant in full and final settlement of his work accident claim.

We can help you make a work accident claim
If you have been injured in a work accident, call us now for free and impartial legal advice. We can tell you the chances of realistically making a successful claim and if you decide to go ahead, we will work hard for you to ensure you get the full compensation you are entitled to, including any loss of earnings and out of pocket expenses, such as prescription charges or medical bills.

Call us now on 0800 197 32 32 and speak to one of our personal injury solicitors about making a work accident personal injury claim.

See also:
http://www.hse.gov.uk/
http://www.direct.gov.uk
http://www.iosh.co.uk/