Work Accident Claims Guide
Your Guide To Work Accident Claims
If you have been involved in an accident at work and suffered injury, what action can you take? If you decide to pursue a personal injury claim, will you lose your job? This article looks to answer all of these questions and more to ensure you fully understand your rights.
What is the definition of a work accident?
If you are carrying out your duties of employment or on the premises during work time, or if your job involves driving, driving to or from work, and you are involved in an accident and suffer injury, this is normally described as a work accident.
Your employer has a duty to ensure that you are fully protected from injury whilst working. There are many health and safety laws and previously decided cases which define your employer's duty which is higher each year. Therefore, if you suffer as a result of defective equipment or even a colleague, you may well be able to bring a claim for compensation.
Common types of at work accidents
The following are all common types of work accidents:-
- Accidents involving machinery (often leading to crushing and amputation).
- Driving accidents in the course of your work.
- Factory, warehouse and retail accidents.
- Accidents in offices.
What should you do if you are involved in an accident at work?
Step one is to ensure that the accident is entered into the Work Accident Book. Every employer is obliged to keep a Work Accident Book and you must ensure that an entry is made into it. This will provide evidence for any subsequent work accident claim.
If other colleagues witnessed the accident you should ask them to provide you with a short written statement confirming the nature of the accident. You should also secure any other evidence that proved the accident took place, including photographs and any faulty equipment.
What next?
Once you have made the entry in the Accident Book (unless your injury is too severe in which case you should ask a colleague to do this) you will attend for treatment at your General Practitioner or Accident and Emergency Department. This again is another vital part of evidence to support your work accident claim.
Can I claim compensation? Will I lose my job?
You should not lose your job as a result of making a work accident compensation claim. If that is the sole reason for you losing your job, you may well be able to make a claim for employment damages also. However, the first step is to take expert legal advice from a Work Accident Claim Solicitor. You should contact a Solicitor that offers a true no win no fee service with a 'no costs' guarantee. A quick search on the Internet for the term Accident Claim Solicitor or similar should result in you finding a Solicitor that can help you with your work accident claim.
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