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Compensation Claim Advice for Personal Injuries through Workplace Accidents

If you have been unfortunate enough to have suffered a personal injury at work contact Clear Answers' personal injury solicitors on 0800 783 9019. Our solicitors have been a leading force in securing injury at work compensation for over 85 years.

We have acted on behalf of injured people in every industry and over the years have led the way within the legal sector and made it easier for working people to obtain the personal injury accident compensation that they deserve.

Clear Answers' lawyers, Thompsons Solicitors, form the most experienced personal injury firm in the UK and possess a depth of knowledge and expertise in all personal injury compenstion claims, particularly injury at work compensation claims that is unrivalled.

If an accident happens and you sustain an injury at work, wherever possible always complete the workplace accident report in your own words. If possible take photographs and ask for the names and home addresses of witnesses to your accident at work. Keep a record of any doctors visited and treatments received and keep receipts for any injury related expenses.

It is always important to obtain prompt specialist advice from an accident solicitor, someone who specialises in personal injury compensation claims and injury at work compensation claims.

Clear Answers' specialist personal injury lawyers will be able to advise you whether an injury at work compensation claim is possible and can give guidance and assistance on how a personal injury compensation claim can be pursued. In addition to this Clear Answers' accident solicitors operate on a cost free basis. Our personal injury lawyers recover their legal fees from the person responsible for your injury at work, ensuring that the entire compensation claims procedure is cost-free for you.

Contact 0800 783 9019 and speak to one of our accident advice solicitors who will be able to advise you as to whether or not you have a valid personal injury compensation claim.

Their specialist injury at work lawyers will be happy to talk you through the compensation claims process in plain English, as well as answering any questions or queries you may have. Alternatively, fill out one of our injured at work online compensation claim forms and one of our representatives will contact you as soon as possible.

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Injuries At Work - The Law

An employer has a duty of care to its employees and has to safeguard them against being injured at work under the law of negligence. In addition to this, all employees have legal rights due to various regulations that are in place. They protect everyone in the workplace including employees, contractors and visitors, from the risk of personal injury. These regulations include:

Work Equipment for the "tools of the trade"

We can explain why this law puts automatic liability on an employer for equipment that is faulty which injures you, even where no one could reasonably foresee the equipment failing and causing you injury. That is a much higher duty than the law of negligence which is all about "foreseeability". A good personal injury lawyer will use that law to enforce your rights in a work compensation claim.

The Workplace Regulations

Personal injuries, especially injuries at work can come from many sources; therefore these regulations take into account the condition and safety of the workplace and cover a broad spectrum of eventualities. This includes, slips, trips and falls at work, your workstation, doors, windows, gates and all the parts that make up the workplace.

Manual Handling Regulations

Manual handling accidents are a common source of injuries at work. This set of regulations take into account all forms of lifting and manual handling accidents and injuries at work.

If a task at work involves manual handling and in addition carries with it the risk of injury, it is the employer's legal duty to carry out a risk assessment and find an alternative way to perform the task with no risk or less risk of injury. This applies to one-off lifts as well as repeated every day lifting.

If an employer does not carry out this duty and an injury at work is sustained as a result of a manual handling accident, then it is possible to make an injury at work compensation claim.

Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act

The Corporate Manslaughter Act came into force in April 2008 and will apply to accidents at work where gross management failures can be proved. For more details on this important change to the law, please go to our news story about the Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act Receives Royal Assent

Other laws to protect workers include:

We can advise on whether a chemical involved in a workplace accident is listed by law and whether your employer should simply not expose you to it at all or, if it is permitted, what measures should be taken to prevent injury.

We have won, arguably, the most important recent case in this area of law in which the Court of Appeal accepted an employee should not be exposed to a hazardous substance when a safer one was available, even where the employer did not know it could cause injury. If your personal injury is through long-term exposure to a substance, you will find advice and details of this case in our Industrial Disease section.

In addition, there are many other regulations dealing with specific industries such as shipbuilding and ship repair, foundries and a variety of more unusual workplaces.

Regulations are now set out in such a way that employers are obliged to avoid risks entirely if this is possible; if this is not the case they are expected to minimise the risk of injury at work to the lowest possible level.

In order to succeed in a claim for accident compensation if you have suffered an injury at work, you have to firstly prove what it was that happened, secondly that this occurred as a result of the employers negligence or breach of statutory duty and thirdly that your injuries and losses have occurred as a direct result of this work related accident.

It is also important to remember that even if you have suffered an injury at work in an accident that was partly your own fault, you may still be successful in a claim. However, your accident compensation would be reduced accordingly to reflect your own level of responsibility.

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Injury At Work Caused By A Colleague's Mistake

An injury at work sustained in an accident that has happened as a result of a mistake made by a work colleague can also be pursued. You do not need to worry that they may be made to pay. This principle is called vicarious liability and makes the employer liable for the negligence of their employees. This principle can also apply if you are injured at work as a result of a prank by a work colleague during the course of their employment.

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Injury At Work Compensation Claims - Our Clients Stories

Injury at work whilst using a crane

Our solicitors represented a client who sustained an injury at work whilst using a crane. The client had previously raised concerns about the safety of the machinery although his warnings went unheeded by his employers. The client was injured when a piece of metal fell from the crane cutting him on his leg. We were able to recover £3,500 for the client in damages. The client said of his compensation success: "I am very pleased with the outcome and also with your services. All the best in the future and I thank you again."

Slipping in a pool of oil at his place of work

Our client was injured after slipping in a pool of oil at his place of work. The client suffered damage to his hand, as well as cuts and bruises to his face and one of his legs. Our solicitors were able to obtain £1,750 in compensation.

The client comments: "Thanks for all your help with the successful claim. I would definitely recommend you to other people who require solicitors. I look forward to receiving the compensation. Once again thanks very much."

Tripping accident at work

Another client who suffered a tripping accident after a waste paper basket had been left lying in a corridor. The client fell heavily damaging her knee in the process and had decreased mobility for over three months.

Clear Answers' personal injury solicitors recovered £1,127 in compensation. The client says: "Thank you for the cheque for £1,127. I would also like to thank you and your staff for the excellent service I have received."

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Successful Injury at Work Cases We Have Dealt With

Clear Answers' specialist solicitors, Thompsons Solicitors, has extensive experience in dealing with all types of injury at work accidents, with very many satisfied clients. Please go to our Injury at Work Compensation Claims That We Have Dealt With section to read just a few examples of our successful personal injury compensation claims.

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Injury At Work News Stories

Clear Answers injury at work solicitors deal with a large number of accident cases each year. Details of some of these personal injury compensatioon claims can be found in our News Section which is updated regularly.

Below are a selection of injury at work compensation claims that we have fought. To view the full story click on the links beneath the description. Alternatively you can visit our Personal Injury News Section to view these stories and other successful personal injury compensation claims that Clear Answers solicitors have been involved in.

May 2008

Injury at Work Compensation for Welder Injured by Negligent Colleague
An experienced welder with over 30 years experience with his employer, our client asked for our help in bringing an injury at work compensation claim, after he sustained a burn injury at work. His duties required him to repair vehicles used in moving heavy items around the site. On the day his accident at work took place, he and his colleagues were under considerable pressure to repair one vehicle, as several others were also out of commission, potentially shutting down an important area of operations.
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April 2008

Compensation Claim Successful For Injury At Work - Client Slipped On Water On The Toilet Floor
When our client undertook a routine visit to the toilet at her place of work, she suffered a serious personal injury when she slipped and fell on water left on the tiled floor by another employee. She asked for our personal injury compensation advice for this accident at work and subsequently asked us to represent her in bringing an injury at work compensation claim against her employer.
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April 2008

Compensation Claim Advice for Employee Injured at Work Using Defective Trolley
Despite making repeated complaints to his health and safety representative, the last being only a week prior to his injury at work, our client found himself again having to use defective equipment during the course of his work.
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April 2008

Compensation Awarded to Gardener Injured at Work Because of Inadequate Inspections
Our client asked for our advice on whether he had a valid injury at work compensation claim after he sustained an injury whilst working as a gardener for his local council. He had worked for them for many years and was, at the time of his injury at work, engaged in grass cutting.
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March 2008

Injury At Work, Successful Compensation Claim for Carer Injured by Service User
A home carer, our client was used to dealing with elderly and disabled users. At the time she received this work injury, our client was working with a colleague to get an elderly person, who also suffered from Alzheimer’s, ready for bed. As they were preparing her in the bathroom, our client was caught unawares when the user lost her balance and fell on top of her.
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March 2008

Injury at Work Compensation Claim
A sheet metal worker lost the top of his finger in an injury at work, when a piece of drill swarf penetrated his gloved hand. An experienced worker, he was attempting to drill a hole in the sheet of metal, and following what he believed to be the correct best practice procedures operating at that time at his place of work.
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February 2008

Breach of the Occupiers Liability Act results in Injury at Work Compensation Claim
Under the Occupiers Liability Act 1984, an individual has a duty of care to protect visitors to their premises from accident or injury. In this case, the premises were the defendant’s home. Having suffered a stroke at his home, the occupier was being carried down the stairs by our client, a paramedic, and a colleague from the ambulance service, with the aim of transporting him to hospital.
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February 2008

Telephone cable hazard causes trip and fall accident, compensation awarded for work injury
Aware that the over-long cable on his telephone posed a hazard, our client had always ensured that the telephone was positioned away from any access routes into his office. His work took him out and about for much of his day, so when visiting colleagues needed somewhere to station themselves, it was natural that his office would be used in this way.
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February 2008

Successful claim for compensation for client injured by scalding water
On the day that our client suffered her injury at work, she was taking a can of beans from the top shelf of an oven. The can had been placed there by a colleague and was covered with cling film. Because the beans were steaming, water had gathered on top of the cling film, so that when she pulled the can down at an angle, scalding water ran down and caused a burn injury.
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January 2008

Accident at work compensation claim for slipping on wet floor in school dining room is successful
During the lunchtime rush at the school where she worked as a dinner nanny, between 270 and 300 children needed to be fed within a very short time. When an accidental spillage occurred during this busy time, it should have been cleaned up as quickly as possible to avoid an accident at work if someone slipped in the wet area.
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January 2008

Compensation awarded to care worker injured whilst operating a hoist alone
Our client was aware that the normal use of a hoist, to help move a heavy patient, was a two-person operation. However, on the day of the injury at work, when the patient became distressed at being left suspended, she decided to try to continue by herself to speed his return to bed.
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January 2008

Textile worker from Tiverton suffers burn injury after falling through a hole in the floor
John Heathcoat and Co Limited are to pay a textile worker £1600 in compensation after he suffered an accident at work. Mr Redfern from Tiverton in Devon was injured at work in May 2005. He was working in the dyeing and finishing department for his employer and began to make his way to the tea bar for his break.
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November 2007

Compensation for MOD worker injured at work because of poor maintenance
When our client injured his knee trying to close a heavy metal door, he asked our personal injury lawyers, who specialise in injuries at work, to represent him in his claim for accident at work compensation.
More about Compensation for MOD worker

September 2007

Successful case brought for breach of PUWER regulations when a train driver was injured at work by flying glass particles
The cabin of a train is sealed whilst moving, so when our client was injured by an object (later found to be glass particles) flying into his eye, he assumed it had come through the air conditioning system. The Judge ruled a breach of PUWER 1998 (Regulations 5 and 12) had taken place.
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Accident at Work Compensation awarded after failure of PPE boots caused injury to LU railway worker
When our client was issued with safety work boots, which he was required to wear as PPE (Personal Protective Equipment) whilst he was working on the railway lines, he naturally assumed that if they were safe to wear as PPE, they were safe to wear throughout his working day. As his employer was London Underground, this naturally involved an element of walking up and down stairs at various times and locations. On one occasion, he fell down the stairs, causing him injury. On inspection, his boots had torn at the heel, causing the accident at work and his injury.
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August 2007

Rolls Royce engineer receives compensation after accepted working practices contravene written instructions and risk assessments
Normally the presence of training, risk assessments and written instructions would indicate a company that tries to minimise the risk of accidents at work, provide a safe working environment for its staff, and takes its liabilities for their safety very seriously. However, when accepted working practices are very different to any written instructions, then the safety of employees is at risk once more.
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July 2007

Compensation for driver with thumb crushed by train door
A train driver had his right thumb crushed as he tried to close a train door. He had twice tried to close it with his left hand but it bounced back. He then tried to close it with both hands as his right hand had more strength. In doing so his right thumb was crushed as it overhung the side of the door on the doorframe.
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May 2007

Work Equipment Compensation Victory
The claimant was employed by the council as a driver. The claimant was required to collect elderly and disabled clients and then transport them to a day care centre. The claimant's accident occurred whilst she was at the house of a disabled client that required the use of a wheelchair.
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March 2007

Manual Handling Accident
The client was a supervisor working on a railway line and was involved in an accident at work. Throughout the course of his shift the client was required to lift a set of two cylinders and a trolley by hand from track level to the platform. When doing this the client strained his back as the equipment that he was lifting weighed approximately 150 kilograms.
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December 2006

Insufficient Training Leads to Accident at Work
A fire fighter was injured whilst trying to rescue a member of the public from a trapped car. The client had been asked to assist another fire fighting service with the rescue attempt and in order to free the trapped person the use of a ram was required.
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Hazards In The Workplace
The claimant was injured in an accident at work when she tripped over some scales that were fixed into the floor of the factory where she worked. The claim was fought using The Workplace Regulations.
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October 2006

Work Equipment Compensation Claim
A council worker sustained a knee injury whilst helping his foreman unload traffic lights from a trailer. The trailer was not sufficiently stabilised and it was decided that there was a breach of the Provision and use of Work Equipment Regulations by the claimant's employer.
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Manual Handling At Work
The claimant was injured whilst moving rubbish bags from the top of one vehicle to another, the vehicle in question was approximately eight feet high and the client had to stretch in order to reach and remove the bags and place them in the other vehicle.
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August 2006

Safe Work Equipment The Key To Preventing Accidents At Work
A pest control officer for the local council was injured after he was assigned to a local school to remove some bait boxes that had been positioned on a previous visit. One of these boxes had been placed under a table and as he went to reach it he cut his hand on a sharp object on the underside of the table.
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June 2006

How To Sue The Right Company When Work Equipment Breaks And Injures You
Our client was injured when repairing a truck owned by another company. The steps and grab handle fitted to the chassis broke as he climbed down from the truck causing him injury.
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May 2006

Accidents At Work Involving Gloves
The claimant in this case was injured at work lifting a fish tank which had been fly-tipped. He loaded the fish tank onto his van. Its positioning meant that the tail lift could not be closed so the claimant pushed the fish tank forward with the palms of his hands. A glass panel broke, causing him injury.
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April 2006

International Workers Memorial Day
Friday 28th April is International Workers Memorial Day - an opportunity for us all to think about the millions of people around the world each year that are killed at work as a result of accidents in the workplace.
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Accidents At Work Lead To Claims For Compensation
A pavier in Gateshead was instructed to form a concrete driveway by his Council employer. He prepared the driveway and filled it in with concrete and then had to kneel on the concrete using a float to flatten it. The client sustained chemical burns to both knees.
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March 2006

Compensation For Accident At Work
The claimant was a staff nurse at a Hospital near Liverpool and was working in a ward in the secure area of the hospital when he received an urgent instruction to attend to a disturbance on another ward nearby. As he was running into the ward he slipped on duck excrement on the block paved pathway which led up to the entrance door of the ward.
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Injured Making TV Programme
Our client was a location manager on a programme directed by David Jason and the programme had scenes in the Lake District. A decision was taken to film, even though there were exceptionally high winds in the area. Whilst filming the claimant was blown from the road and landed in a rocky beck / gully to the side, causing injuries including a broken knee cap and elbow.
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Injured At Work By Falling Object From A Height
The claimant worked as a cook supervisor at a school. She was in a store room, standing on a ladder lifting boxes onto the top shelf of some racking when a fluorescent strip-light cover fell off and hit her on the head and shoulder.
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February 2006

Youth Centre Worker From County Durham Is Awarded £33,750 Personal Injury Compensation For Accident At Work
The client injured his back in March 2002 whilst he was trying to move a deflated bouncy castle from a gymnasium into a storeroom. He was working alone and had lifted one side of the rolled-up bouncy castle onto a trolley, when he attempted to lift the other side and injured his lower back in the process.
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Compensation Claim for Injuries at Work

Have you or a member of your family suffered a personal injury at work through no fault of your own. If so contact Clear Answers accident at work solicitors on 0800 783 9019 and speak to one of our accident advice solicitors or alternatively fill out an online compensation claim form. One of our representatives will contact you as soon as possible to discuss whether you have a valid personal injury compensation claim.

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