Injury dangers in the workplace - By: Tom Jui

The majority of working Britons will conduct their daily business in an office environment. Whilst this is statistically safer than some places of employment – construction sites, outdoor environments and such like – there are still a number of risks that you are exposed to despite current health and safety regulations. On a basic level, your employer has a duty to ensure there are no unnecessary hazards in the workplace that you could trip or slip over, such as protruding carpet tiles, computer cables stretched across the floor and such like.

If your job involves carrying heavy items such as product deliveries or stationery, they must also issue you with advice and – if necessary – training in how to lift goods in a safe and sensible manner. Finally, there are more complex issues arising from the workplace that must also be taken into consideration by organisations. These include repetitive strain injuries from continued use of equipment and stress caused by tense working environments.

For anyone that has been or are being affected by any of the above issues, you could be entitled to claim accident compensation from your employer. By allowing you to trip in the workplace, strain yourself as a result of the tasks involved in your job or suffer severe mental anguish, they have failed in both their duty of care towards you and legal health and safety requirements. Accident compensation is particularly prudent should your incident render you unable to work, as a specialist legal expert such as ours at Claims Solicitor could help you reap financial recompense from lost earnings due to sick leave.

As the solicitor is claiming from your insurance company rather than the head of your corporation, it is also relatively straightforward to put forward an accident compensation case whilst you are still employed by the company under whose care you suffered an injury.

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