An injury at work lawyer assists people who have been injured in an accident at work for which their employer was to blame in claiming the compensation they deserve.
How Can An Injury At Work Lawyer Help If You’ve Been Injured At Work?
If you have been injured due to your employer’s negligence, you may be entitled to compensation. An injury at work lawyer’s job is to help you pursue your claim. They will collate the evidence you need in support of your case, including medical evidence, prepare court documentation, and resolve the matter either at trial or, more likely, by negotiating a settlement.
To speak to our accident at work experts please call us free of charge on 0800 988 3674 or Make A Free Online Enquiry.
What Types Of Injuries Can You Claim Compensation For?
You can claim compensation for any injury sustained in an accident for which your employer was to blame, no matter how minor or severe. You can claim for both physical and psychological injuries.
Examples of some of the most common injuries sustained in workplace accidents include the following:
• Cuts And Lacerations
Environments like building and construction sites pose a significant risk of cuts and lacerations, but they can occur in any workplace that uses sharp implements, such as cafes, restaurants, and offices.
• Broken Bones
Slips, trips, and falls are the most common workplace accidents and, in severe cases, can result in broken bones and damaged limbs. Other accidents, such as falls from elevated platforms like scaffolding, can also result in broken bones and fractures.
• Head Injuries
Falling objects pose a significant risk of head injury not only in hazardous environments such as warehouses, but also in ‘safer’ environments like offices if equipment has not been stored properly.
• Burns
Burns in the workplace can happen for a variety of reasons. For example, you might be burnt by scalding water or steam in a kitchen, sustain a chemical burn when working with corrosive substances, or suffer an electrical burn following contact with live wire or faulty equipment.
How Much Compensation Will An Injury At Work Lawyer Secure For You?
There are no hard and fast rules when it comes to injury at work compensation, since it depends on the facts of the individual case. Unique factors, such as the type of injury you sustained, its severity, its impact on your life, and your prognosis, all have a bearing on your compensation award.
Crucially, your compensation is not intended to punish your employer for their negligence. It is intended to put you back in the position you would have been in had their negligence not caused the accident in which you were injured.
Injury at work compensation is known as ‘damages’, and there are two types: general and special.
General damages are intended to compensate you for your pain, suffering, and loss of amenity. There are no hard and fast rules governing the amount of compensation appropriate in specific situations, but there are guidelines. These guidelines list injury types by severity and give suggested compensation ranges for each one.
Special damages are intended to compensate you for any financial losses caused by your accident. Examples of common special damages claims include medical expenses, travel costs, and loss of earnings. In cases involving severe injuries that necessitate home alterations, you can include the cost of those alterations in your special damages claim.
Do You Need An Injury At Work Lawyer?
Personal injury law is complex, and the claims process can be incredibly difficult to navigate. Collating evidence in support of your claim necessitates proving that your case fulfils the criteria for negligence, and an expert medical report will likely be required to establish the nature and extent of your injuries for the purposes of calculating the compensation due. Support and guidance from expert injury at work lawyers like ours are crucial in giving you the best possible chance of your claim succeeding and securing the maximum compensation available.
We have achieved excellent settlements for over 12,000 personal injury clients, securing millions of pounds in compensation on their behalf. We are proud members of the Association of Personal Injury Lawyers, an association of legal practitioners actively engaged in practicing personal injury law. We always try to settle work injury claims without recourse to litigation, believing our clients’ time would be better spent focusing on their recovery than on time consuming court proceedings.
Since we represent most of our clients injured at work on a no win, no fee basis, you need not worry about funding your claim since you only pay us as and when you win. You do not pay our fees as you go along, and if you lose, you pay us nothing.
To speak to our accident at work experts please call us free of charge on 0800 988 3674 or Make A Free Online Enquiry.
