How To Make An Accident At Work Claim - No Win No Fee Solicitors & Claims

Health and safety legislation gives protections to workers to try and prevent accidents and injuries from occurring in the workplace. They aim to make working environments safer. It is an employer’s responsibility to do all they practically can to provide a safe working environment. If you were injured because of unsafe working conditions, you might be eligible to make an accident at work claim for compensation.

A guide on how to make accident at work claim — A guide on how to make an accident at work claim

This guide will explain how personal injury claims work, how to assess liability and how to calculate potential compensation. It will also offer advice on the evidence you could gather to help strengthen your claim.

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How To Claim For An Accident At Work

While at work, your employer has a responsibility to you and your colleagues to help ensure your health and safety. This responsibility is known as a duty of care and is established in health and safety legislation such as the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 (HASAWA). Under this duty, your employer is expected to look for possible risks to your health and safety and manage or remove them to prevent accidents.

If they breach this duty, and you are injured as a result, you might be eligible to make a claim for compensation.

If you want information about how to make an accident at work claim, reach out to one of our advisers now. They offer free legal advice and can help you formally begin your claim.

Accident At Work Statistics

Employers are required to report various accidents and injuries to the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) under the Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations 2013 (RIDDOR).

From reports made under RIDDOR in the year 2020/21, fractures were the most reported non-fatal workplace injury. Sprains and strains were the second most reported non-fatal injury. This is a recurring trend; the two types of injuries had accounted for the majority of injuries reported in the five previous years.

How Much Compensation Could I Get For My Accident At Work Claim?

The amount of compensation awarded in personal injury claims is influenced by different factors including:

The extent of the injury
The financial effect the injury has on the person

These factors form the two potential heads of claim in compensation.

General damages, the first head, is the amount of compensation awarded to address any pain and suffering caused. The Judicial College Guidelines (JCG), a publication containing guidelines for potential compensation awards for various injuries, is typically used by solicitors and judges to value general damages.

The compensation table below illustrates some figures from the JCG.

Injury	Notes	Award
Moderate Brain Damage: (iii)	Affects memory and concentration and reduced ability to work.	£43,060 to £90,720
Eye Injuries: (g)	Minor but permanent impairment of vision in one or both eyes.	£9,110 to £20,980
Chest Injuries: (c)	Continuing disability from damage to chest and lungs.	£31,310 to £54,830
Chest Injuries: (g)	Pain lasting weeks following rib fracture or soft tissue injury.	Up to £3,950
Wrist Injuries: (a)	Complete loss of function.	£47,620 to £59,860
Hand Injuries: (f)	Severe fractures to the fingers that reduce capability of the hand.	£3,530 to £4,740
Back Injuries: Moderate (ii)	Back aches from disturbed ligaments and muscles.	£12,510 to £27,760
Leg Injuries: Severe Leg Injuries (iii)	Serious compound fractures needing lengthy treatment.	£39,200 to £54,830
Leg Injuries: Less Serious Leg Injuries (i)	Fracture injury with an incomplete but reasonable recovery.	£17,960 to £27,760
Ankle Injuries: Moderate	Fracture or ligament tear.	£13,740 to £26,590

The financial losses associated with the injury are addressed in special damages, the second head of claim. These could include:

A loss of income while you took time off to recover
Expenses towards treatment/care
Adaptations to your house to cope with the injury

You should maintain payslips, receipts and other financial records as evidence of the financial losses.

For more information about compensation in an accident at work claim, reach out to one of our advisers now

Examples Of Work Accidents

Working to identify risks and taking steps to manage or remove them can help prevent accidents and injuries. For example:

Performing risk assessments: Risk assessments can help employers better understand the tasks they are asking an employee to perform and the possible hazards. A risk assessment could identify if a load is too heavy for a single person to lift or if an area is unsuitable to carry heavy objects around.
Providing safety equipment: Providing necessary safety equipment can help ensure the health of employees. Safety hats, for example, may be a requirement in working environments that carry the danger of falling objects.
Warning signs: Warning signs can alert people of dangers. A sign signalling a machine is defective can help prevent a worker from using it and injuring themselves or their colleagues.

HASAWA encourages employers to take reasonable actions to reduce the risk of harm in the workplace. To assess liability, you can ask what actions your employer could have taken to prevent the accident.

For more information about making a claim following a work accident, why not reach out to one of our advisers?

The Evidence To Prove An Accident At Work Claim

To prove your employer’s liability in a claim, you can gather evidence of the circumstances of the accident. You could collect:

Witness contact details: If someone witnessed your accident, or were witnesses to your employer not performing required health and safety procedures that contributed to your injury, collect their contact details as their statements could be used as part of your claim.
CCTV (or similar recordings like photographs): This can act as proof of the hazard in the workplace (e.g. a faulty barrier left in place with no protection). Dated photographs can also prove your employer had not attended to a hazard in a reasonable amount of time.
Documents: Official work documents that show your employer was not carrying out proper health and safety procedures (e.g. they did not provide sufficient training in handling machinery).

Evidence of the injury can also help strengthen your claim. If you have not already done so, you can seek out medical attention for the injury you suffered as medical records can be evidence in your claim.

A personal injury solicitor can advise you on evidence to use in your work accident claim. You can talk to one of our advisers to see if our panel of solicitors could represent you.

Do No Win No Fee Solicitors Cover Accident At Work Claims?

Many solicitors who handle accident at work claims will offer No Win No Fee arrangements. This is a conditional fee agreement, where they will agree to not charge you an upfront fee nor any ongoing fees to represent you. Their payment would only be taken on the condition that your claim was successful and compensation was awarded. If your claim was not successful, there would be no solicitor’s fee.

Our panel of personal injury solicitors that handle accident at work claims and could represent you. You can reach out to one of our advisers now to discuss making a claim with them.

Make An Accident At Work Claim Today

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