Many people assume accidents at work happen to those working in heavy industrial environments such as steel fabrication and manufacturing roles. However, those are a small percentage of such claims.
Work-related accidents can occur anywhere, anytime and are in most cases avoidable accidents. When you are at work, your employer has a duty of care to ensure that you are not placed at risk of injury. Your employer should be taking reasonable precautions to ensure that you are safe in your role. This will include: –
- Undertaking risk assessments
- Regularly reviewing risk assessments to ensure they are up to date
- Ensuring safe working practices are implemented
- Providing you with work equipment that is in good working order
- Ensuring your workspace is suitable for your role
Types of accidents at work
Whilst this list is not exhaustive, the most common types of accidents at work we see are as a result of: –
- Faulty/ineffective work equipment
- Unsafe work practices
- Lack of training
- Negligence by work colleagues
Types of employment sectors
We regularly see claims being made by employees in the following areas:
- Care Homes
- Building/Construction
- Offices
- Delivery Workers
- Factories
- Warehouses
- Catering
- Cleaning
- Catering
- Motor industry
Again, the above list is not exhaustive, and we are often instructed by injured workers in a variety of other employments.
Many people have concerns about making a claim against a current employer. Often they don’t realise that it is actually the employer’s liability insurance company that covers any claim that is brought, and it is the insurer or Solicitor instructed on their behalf that deals with the claim and not the employer itself.
Bringing a claim can also make a positive change to the working conditions in a workplace. It has been known on many occasions that working practices have changed/improved after a claim has been brought.
If you have suffered an accident and would like some advice, please call our expert team of lawyers on 0114 218 4000 or email info@tayloremmet.co.uk.
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