Associate Solicitor, Personal Injury Claims
Employers in England and Wales are legally required to maintain a safe working environment, so if you’re injured in the workplace and it wasn’t your fault, you could make a compensation claim. Accidents at work are often caused by defective equipment, negligence by other employees or the company adopting unsafe working practices.
So if any of these have led to you suffering a workplace accident, you may be entitled to receive compensation. The law require employers to have at least £5 million of employer’s liability insurance in place, so in most work accident claims, it’s the insurance provider that pays the compensation; not the employer.
For free legal advice about claiming compensation for an accident at work, get in touch with our Personal Injury Solicitors – ask if we can deal with your case on a No Win, No Fee basis.
We're rated‘Excellent’You can receive compensation for the pain and suffering caused by your injury. This is known as General Damages (see Special Damages below) and will reflect the severity of your workplace injury.
Common injuries in accident at work claims include:
If your claim is successful you will also receive Special Damages - compensation for any financial losses you’ve incurred as a result of your injury. That may include lost earnings because of time off work, insurance excess, prescription charges and care costs (including if you were looked after by a member of your family).
You can boost your chances of getting the Special Damages you’re entitled to if you can produce receipts for costs or other documentation showing the scale of your financial losses.
4.5 out of 5 based off 2587 reviewsThe information you gather in the immediate aftermath of your accident could be crucial to ensuring your compensation claim is successful and accurately reflects your needs and circumstances.
There are several steps you should take if possible:
You can claim for an accident at work within 3 years of the date that the accident occurred.
Our Personal Injury Solicitors are experts at dealing with employers’ liability claims, so get in touch with us as soon as possible. We can assess the details of your case and let you know if we think your claim has a good chance of succeeding.
If you were injured in an accident at work that wasn’t your fault, or if you may have been partly responsible for the accident, you may be able to claim compensation on a No Win, No Fee basis.
Yes. If you’ve suffered an injury in an accident at work in England or Wales and you’re unable to work for at least 4 consecutive days, your employer has to pay you Statutory Sick Pay (SSP). Alternatively, they may have their own sick pay scheme in place which pays out a higher amount.
The duty of employers to ensure every member of staff works in a safe environment applies just as much in an office as it does in other, more seemingly dangerous workplaces, such as warehouses, building sites and factories.
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