The rules for Employers as regards safety at workplaces are quite strict and stringent. An Employer is duty bound to ensure the workplace is safe for all his Employees and this includes providing a safe working environment, proper training, protective clothing and the regular maintenance of machinery and equipment.

An Employee may have been injured as a result of unsafe work practices for which the employer is primarily responsible, a breach of Health and Safety legislation, the equipment supplied being unsafe, employee being expected to comply with dangerous working practices or being made to use deficient and defective equipment etc. This injury thus may be caused either by the fault of your employer or the fault of any other fellow employee in the work place. A victim of such a workplace accident is usually entitled to compensation for the Employer’s negligence. An Employee that is a victim of such injuries may claim financial losses including loss of earnings for time out of work, strain and disability or even death.

An illustrative list of work related accidents would include and range from illness related to contact with asbestos including debilitating conditions such as cancer, pleural plaquing and mesothelioma, burns injury causing scarring and disfigurement  affecting vital organs and which can cause victims emotional and psychological effects, back injury resulting from manual handling at work, exposure to carbon monoxide poisoning, deafness caused at the place of work, loss of limb or a brain injury, fatal accidents resulting out of work, hand arm vibration syndrome arising out of using vibrating instruments, loss of taste or smell, stress at work and post traumatic stress disorders, strains, sprains and bruises, developing skin condition at work due to limited measures undertaken by your employer you may be able to claim compensation etc.

It may be noted that applicable laws prevent an Employer from mis-treating an Employee or dismissing the Employee for making a personal injury claim. Any compensation awarded to the victim Employee is paid by the Employer's insurance company.

At Personal Injury Counsel, your claim would be handled by personal injury solicitors who would endeavour to get maximum compensation for your injury.

Contact us for free help, guidance and assistance with your personal injury claim including a free no obligation claim assessment.