Workplace injuries occur every single day in the UK, with many resulting
in serious injury. If you have suffered an injury in your place of work
you may be entitled to claim compensation for the pain and suffering along
with loss of earnings caused.
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has to be notified of every major
workplace accident, major accidents cover those where someone has died,
where a bone has been broken, where the injured person has been unable to
work for at least three days after the event, accidents where a non-employee
required hospital treatment as a result and all dangerous events that didn’t
cause an injury but that could have if someone was in the area at the time.
Because all serious accidents and the details of them are legally required
to be reported to the health and safety executive, compensation claim in
these cases tend to be very strong, as the times, the circumstances, the
witnesses and the cause of the accident will all be documented.
A large number of people are reluctant to pursue court action despite suffering
pain and injury because of their employer’s negligence, some feel
that the risk of loosing the case and so having to face large legal bills
isn’t worth taking. Solicitors have responded to this, and many now
offer legal representation on a ‘no win no fee’ basis whereby
if the case is not successful the claimant will not have to pay them a penny.
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