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Accidents at Work
It will not surprise you to learn that there are a multitude of ways in which a person can suffer injury at work. Whether it is in an office, on a shop floor, a warehouse or a manufacturing plant, there are hazards that employees can suffer at the hands of. In fact, statistics show that accidents at work number over a million every year.
Types of Injuries
The vast majority of these accidents are small. In an office, for example, incidents as simple as a slip on a wet floor can cause a sprained wrist or a twisted knee. Loose tiling, icy surfaces outdoors, unsafe stairs and steps, items blocking passages and loose fixtures and fittings can all carry a threat.
Some injuries can be quite serious, causing considerable injuries. In a factory, for example, the very fact that heavy machinery is present amongst workers means that there is a constant risk of losing a limb or even suffering a fatal injury.
However small or severe the injury may be, every employee is entitled to claim compensation if they have suffered an injury or a health problem while at work. After all, why should you suffer if your accident is the fault of someone else?
Employer Responsibility
By law, an employer is responsible for the health and safety of every one of his or her employees. That means that the hazards in the work place must be kept to an absolute minimum. It is the obligation of every employer to carry out regular risk assessments to identify and deal with any such risk.
In practice that means that any structural damage to a building should be dealt with immediately, stock should not be placed anywhere that an employee might trip over it, and a slip-resistant coating should be placed on surfaces that are likely to get wet, such as in restrooms and on lobby floors.
Rest assured, an injury at work claim will not cost you your job and will be covered by your employer's insurance rather than come out of their own pockets.
Road to Recovery
If you have suffered an injury at work, then talk to Accident Injury Direct. We'll help you get your life back on track. By making a work accident compensation claim, on a no win no fee basis, you can get on the road to a full recovery.
How? Knowing that the added financial worries brought on by medical bills and physiotherapy costs are covered, means you can concentrate on recovering and your family will not be out of pocket.