| Do you know that you could be entitled to make | | | | with work related claims and if you suffer or face |
| an Work Accident Compensation Claim if you | | | | an accident at work place, then you can contact |
| suffer injuries at your work place. You can be | | | | them. These cases include claims for accidents in: |
| entitled to lost salary, medicines etc. Making a | | | | Offices |
| claim for injury at workplace can also compensate | | | | Factories |
| you for any long-term suffering you may | | | | Shops |
| experience as a direct cause of your accident. | | | | Construction sites |
| You just need to be aware about the laws and | | | | Farms |
| rules. | | | | Hospitals and Care homes |
| It is an employer's responsibility to provide a risk | | | | Warehouses |
| free and adequate working place to his or her | | | | Mines and utility sites |
| employees. If you feel that your employers have | | | | Emergency services |
| acted negligently and you have suffered injury | | | | There are some common duties of employers in |
| due to their lack of attention, then do not delay | | | | maintaining their work place safe and secure. The |
| and contact a claims organisation to help you out. | | | | duties include providing proper machinery, |
| Thanks to Health & Safety legislation which has | | | | maintaining the machinery and equipments, |
| significantly increased the level of protection | | | | providing a proper system of working etc. |
| provided to employees over past few years. | | | | In addition to these common duties, there are |
| Now, there are proper laws designed to prevent | | | | very detailed statutory duties too covering all |
| accidents at work place. These laws consist of | | | | sorts of rules, from the availability of drinking |
| regulations about handling and carrying loads and | | | | water at the workplace to the length of time that |
| the availability and use of safety equipment. | | | | display screens should be used between breaks. |
| If your employer instructs you to perform a task | | | | You can make a claim if your employer fails to do |
| which directly can cause you to suffer an injury, | | | | any of these things and, as a result, you |
| then you can make an accident at work claim. | | | | encounter an accident at work. Sometimes, this is |
| Accidents at work place are a serious issue, often | | | | also referred as an industrial injuries claim. |
| with significant consequences (both financial and | | | | This way by knowing the rules and being aware |
| non-financial) for those affected. | | | | about your rights, you can make a claim for the |
| There are lawyers who are specialists in dealing | | | | accidents which occur without your fault. |