{"id":12395,"date":"2013-04-19T15:23:48","date_gmt":"2013-04-19T14:23:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theinjurylawyers.co.uk\/injury-lawyers-blog\/?p=12395"},"modified":"2013-04-19T15:23:48","modified_gmt":"2013-04-19T14:23:48","slug":"injured-by-faulty-work-equipment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theinjurylawyers.co.uk\/injury-lawyers-blog\/2013\/04\/19\/injured-by-faulty-work-equipment\/","title":{"rendered":"Injured by Faulty Work Equipment"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"workA lot of people use specialist equipment at work to help them do their jobs<\/strong> as efficiently as they can. For the topic of this article I\u2019m going to focus on those of us that use equipment like cranes, or hand tools as opposed to us office folk who rely upon the trust stapler and pen.<\/p>\n

What happens when you are at work and you are injured by faulty equipment? Can you make a claim for compensation<\/a>?<\/p>\n

The responsibility of all work equipment lies with your employer. So if something goes wrong with it, it is your employer\u2019s responsibility. In fact, there are regulations that say that an employer can be strictly liable for faulty work equipment. What this means is that if you are injured because work equipment becomes faulty, even if there was absolutely nothing your employer could have done to prevent it, they may still be liable.
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So for the most part, when it comes to your eligibility to claim compensation for a work equipment claim<\/a>, the prospects are generally quite good. All employers have a legal due to have employer\u2019s liability insurance that covers them for claims against them. The process is normally quite straightforward.<\/p>\n

Defective work equipment could range from:<\/p>\n