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Our specialist personal injury solicitors have the expertise to deal with industrial accident claims for compensation. Our legal advice is free and we use the no win no fee scheme. You do not have to fund your claim and if you win compensation it will be paid to you in full with no deductions. Submit your details a member of the Law Society Panel of personal injury experts will give you clear advice on how you could go about making a claim.

The key legislation, aimed at reducing industrial accident claims, imposes a legal duty on employers to ensure that employees are protected from injury. Employers must carry out risk assessment and respond to it; removingor reducing risk to an acceptable level. Regulations are in place to ensure that a variety of risk areas are covered: the workplace itself and its dimensions and condition, its ventilation, temperature control mechanisms, lighting, cleaning, washing and waste materials and facilities, adequate access points and clear floors, adequately functioning escalators, doors, and gates. Health and safety at work is governed by a range of legislation:

• The Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1992
• The Workplace (Health, Safety and Welfare) Regulations 1992
• The Manual Handling Operations Regulations 1992
• The Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations 1998
• The Personal Protective Equipment at Work Regulations 1992

A common area of inadequacy that leads to industrial accident claims relates to machinery and equipment. Employers must ensure that work equipment is appropriate and that it functions in accordance with its purpose. It should be accompanied by detailed yet clear information on how it is used and effective training for those that use it. Employees must wear appropriate safety and protective clothing and procedures should be in place to ensure that all personal protective equipment is used and used properly.

Manual Handling Operations Regulations have the principal aim of preventing unsafe lifting from causing back injuries in manufacturing industries foremost, although the regulations apply in all work environments. As far as possible, an employer should attempt to minimise the circumstances in which employees must carry out manual handling operations in which there is a risk of injury. This may mean that the substitution of mechanical for manual lifting when this is reasonably possible. Should manual handling be necessary, employers must undertake risk assessment which should comprehensively evaluate the nature and procedures of the task being carried out, the load involved, the surrounding work environment and the capacity of the individual to undertake such a task.

If you have been injured in an accident within the last three years, do yourself justice and complete the contact form and we will immediately put you in touch with a specialist solicitor. If after talking to that solicitor you decide to proceed no further you will not be charged for any advice.