Compensation through a work accident claim

Part of your employment is to be able to work without injuring yourself. Health and safety in the workplace is now taken very seriously. Your employer must take all possible precautions to prevent you having an accident while at work. Note that your working space can include your home if you work there for all or part of the time.

You may be able to bring a work accident claim against your employer if you can prove negligence. Your employer should by law have carried out what is called a risk assessment of the space that you work within. This assessment identifies any potential hazards. Your employer should do all that is practicably possible to prevent these potential hazards. If they do not, you could claim that they have been negligent in their duty of care to you while you are at work.

Any work accident claim you want to bring against your employer must be supported with evidence. You need to prove that perhaps your employer did not carry out a risk assessment, or if they did, no action was taken to avoid the accident you had. You will find that the service of a solicitor can help with your work accident claim for compensation. They can be your representative in all negotiations with your employer.

A personal-injury lawyer can assess the work accident claim you want to bring and state whether they believe your case is strong enough to obtain the level of compensation you are looking for. Often a work accident claim will be settled out of court to avoid additional costs. If your employer would like to settle your work accident claim in this way, the help of a solicitor at every stage of your case will be invaluable.

If you would like to obtain legal advice about health and safety law, Contact Law can put you in touch with a local specialist personal injury / accident solicitor free of charge. So, if you have any questions or would like our help in finding local personal injury / accident solicitors please call us on 0800 1777 162 or complete the web-form above.