Injured by a hot surface – Injury Lawyers Advice
Burns can be as annoying as they are painful. It can often take a long time for the pain of a burn to stop. On top of that, you may end up with some unsightly scarring which could last weeks, months, or even years. If you don’t know something is hot, people often have a delayed reaction which serves only to cause the burn to be worse due to prolonged contact.
So what are you rights when it comes to making a claim for personal injury compensation if you are suddenly burned by something when you are out an about? Perhaps in a shop, or a supermarket?
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Injured when walking past a building site? Advice from The Injury Lawyers
Building sites are subject to a large amount of health and safety rules and regulation. They are inherently dangerous places and the employees working on a site need to go to great lengths to ensure they are not injured on a site. You’ve probably seen “Hard hats must be worn” signs and “Do Not Enter” warnings on the entrances of sites.
But what happens if you are not working on a building site but walking past it and you end up injured? Can you make a claim for compensation?
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Injured by Trapping Fingers at Work
Trapping your fingers can be very painful, and I am sure it is something that most of us have done before. In the workplace trapping your fingers could result in a much more serious injury, such as severe lacerations or even the loss of fingers/hands. Some machinery can be dangerous if not properly maintained or supervised, or if the person using it has not been properly trained. Fortunately there are regulations which employers should comply with, and compliance with the regulations is designed to keep workers safe and free from injury. Despite laws and regulations, accidents do continue to happen.
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Injured by Broken Door at Work – Injury Lawyers Advice
There are many ways you can be injured by a broken or defective door in the workplace. It could suddenly jam mid operation, causing a jarring injury to your back or limbs. It could break off and hit you. It could slam shut and hit you or trap a part of your body if a slow release mechanism fails.
But what are your rights when it comes to making a claim for personal injury compensation if you are injured due to a defective or broken door in the workplace?
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Slipped on Wet Stairs at Work Claims – Injury Lawyers Advice
Slipping on stairs can result in some fairly devastating injuries; particularly if you end up falling down a full flight of steps. Fractures, back injuries, head injuries; you could end up with a lot of time in bed and a lot of time off work.
So what are your rights when it comes to slipping on wet stairs in your workplace? Is your employer liable?
The Law
The applicable regulations are The Workplace (Health, Safety and Welfare) Regulations 1992. There is a specific section dedicated to the condition of floors which reads as follows:
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As a firm of personal injury solicitor’s we deal with all types of personal injury claims. These claims can be wide ranging in nature, from road accidents to work accidents, to trip/slip accidents in the street or in a supermarket. We also deal with industrial disease claims (for hearing loss, vibration white finger, etc). If you have sustained injury when working in a workshop, then you may be entitled to claim compensation. A workshop can be a dangerous environment if not properly managed and supervised.
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What’s the Maximum you can Claim for Whiplash?
I will attempt to explain how Solicitor’s and law firms value personal injury cases. Basically in this area compensation is payable based on the injuries sustained and the effect of those injuries have on the Claimant’s life.
After all, it is compensation for personal injury! The accident could be minor; a trip in the street for example. But the injuries could be more significant and if these injuries can be linked to the accident then the value of the claim could be higher. Equally there could be a very serious accident at face value, such as a head on road traffic accident collision. Despite this, the injuries sustained could be relatively minor.
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Falling from Height at Work due to No Equipment Claims – Advice from The Injury Lawyers
Working at height is inherently dangerous; that’s why there are specific regulations that address the issue of working at height, and it is important that both employers and employees abide by them. When it comes to equipment, the duty is on your employer to ensure that equipment is provided, where necessary, to prevent you being injured.
So let’s take a look at some of the key regulations about work equipment when working at height is concerned:
(3) Where work is carried out at height, every employer shall take suitable and sufficient measures to prevent, so far as is reasonably practicable, any person falling a distance liable to cause personal injury.
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Injuries due to a chair that gave way – Injury Lawyers Advice
It’s one of the ultimate embarrassing situations to be in – you sit down on a chair and it gives way under your weight, causing you to fall down with it to the ground. Whether it’s at work or in a public place, it not a nice situation to be in.
So if you are the unfortunate victim of an accident where your chair has given way and injured you as a result, can you make a claim for personal injury compensation?
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Slipped on wet paint? Make a claim today!
It’s unusual, but it’s has happened before – slipping on wet paint can be as embarrassing as it is painful. Normally you’d expect an area with wet paint on the ground, whether it’s dripped, spilt, or whether the actual ground has been painted, would be cordoned off with signs. But if it isn’t, you may have a claim for personal injury compensation.
Your Rights
Your rights when it comes to making a claim are similar to that of any other general slip or trip. For a supermarket or a shop or another public place, the Occupiers Liability Act normally applies. In the workplace, it’s The Workplace (Health, Safety and Welfare) Regulations 1992 that normally apply.
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