As per Health and Safety Executive (HSE), in 2010/11, employers reported 115 000 work-related injuries under the Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations (RIDDOR), 1995. However, in total, 603 000 employees had an accident at their workplace. These statistics clearly indicate that workers are usually reluctant to make a work injury claim.
Why make an injury claim?
Once you have injured yourself at the place of work, you need time to recover from your personal injury. While you are off work, many financial problems come to the fore like utility bills and taxes, insurance premiums and mortgage repayments. To deal with these problems, you go back to work before you fully recover, and thereby, worsen your injury.
If the accident occurred because your employer failed to comply with the Health and Safety regulations, then you can rightfully ask him for compensation. By filing a personal injury claim, your employers insurers will compensate you for your losses and injuries.
Types of work injury claims
Apart from factory, construction site and warehouse accidents, there are many other kinds of calamities, where the worker can justifiably make a compensation claim. For instance, if driving a van or car is a part of your job, then your employer should ensure that the vehicle is roadworthy. An accident in which you sustain injury because the vehicle developed some fault due to lack of proper maintenance, you are entitled to make a claim for work accident compensation. Thus, it is the duty of the employer to make the workplace safe and secure for the workers as well as cut-down the risk of accidents. Whenever he fails to do so, the employers can lawfully make work accident claims.
Things to remember while filing a personal injury claim
The first thing that you need to do is to inform your employer about the accident. In your report, include such details as the date, time and cause of the accident, people who witnessed the accident, and the extent of your injury. Make sure that your employer is notified within 3 days from the date of the accident.
If the accident occurred because of the fault of the employer, then you are entitled to make a claim. Hire a competent solicitor; while you nurse your injuries, your solicitor will help you to make a claim and compel your employer to compensate you correctly.
On your first meeting with the lawyer, you would have to provide him in-depth details of the accident, contact information of your colleagues who witnessed the accident, medical diagnosis and treatment reports, trade union information, and details pertaining to insurance and loss of earning. On the basis of this information, your solicitor will file your claim within 7 days after the accident took place.
Additionally, he will advice you on the best path that should be followed to resolve the problem. In simple words, he will persuade the defendant on your behalf to settle the case either in or out of the court. After you get the compensation, you would have to pay off all the expenses that the lawyer undertook to tackle your case.
Often, it is not easy to make a work injury claim. A proficient solicitor not only simplifies the process, but also ensures that you get the right amount of compensation for your personal injury. To make an Injury Claim you may like to use Injury Lawyers UK Ltd.
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