{"id":18599,"date":"2015-08-07T09:39:50","date_gmt":"2015-08-07T08:39:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theinjurylawyers.co.uk\/injury-lawyers-blog\/?p=18599"},"modified":"2016-10-17T15:01:53","modified_gmt":"2016-10-17T14:01:53","slug":"little-or-no-training-leads-to-work-accidents","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theinjurylawyers.co.uk\/injury-lawyers-blog\/2015\/08\/07\/little-or-no-training-leads-to-work-accidents\/","title":{"rendered":"Little or no training leads to work accidents!"},"content":{"rendered":"

As work accident specialists I can tell you that there are a LOT of workplace rules and regulations when it comes to health and safety legislation. They cover all areas like general safety, equipment, manual handling, working at height, personal protective equipment, chemicals, and all sorts.<\/p>\n

The reason for this is to ensure that employees are safe at work<\/strong> and to put specific duties on employers to take steps and action to avoid injuries. But although there are several sets of regulations covering several different things, they all usually have one particular regulation in common: training!
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\nTraining is of course very important when it comes to health and safety legislation. It’s no good having policies and procedures in place for things like manual handling or using work equipment if people don’t know what the policies are, and how to follow them safely.<\/p>\n

Most of the regulations do have a specific section in relation to training and supervision, and it is the employer’s responsibility to ensure that adequate training takes place<\/strong> when necessary. It is also their duty to ensure that further and refresher training takes place where it is needed, and to ensure that training is properly understood and recorded.<\/p>\n

A simple bit of shadowing a colleague isn’t always enough. Employees need to know the specific dangers of certain working ways as well.<\/p>\n

So if you have been injured at work due to a training problem you may have a successful claim for work accident compensation<\/a>. <\/p>\n

Examples where you might have a good claim can be:<\/p>\n

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