Plenty of us now are sitting down in chairs at work. We trust we’re safe of course – it’s not normal for a chair just to collapse… is it?
In a workplace situation, if your chair collapses for reasons beyond your control, you may well have a good claim for compensation. Your chair is classed as your work equipment, and there are specific regulations in place that state that any defective work equipment that causes you an injury leaves your employer liable.
Even if the reason the chair became defective was totally out of your employers’ control, we can allege the defective work equipment rule and in theory the insurers should be strictly liable to compensate you. As long as it wasn’t you who was responsible for breaking the chair – say you jumped up and down on it or loosened a screw or something.
So what can you do if this happens to you and you are injured as a result? Well like I said above, your employer should be strictly liable for the accident so it certainly sounds like a claim for compensation we can assist you with on a No Win, No Fee basis. If the claim is successful, we are entitled to recover all of our legal fees directly from your employer’s compulsory liability insurance – so you should expect to get 100% of any compensation paid to you.
By law your employer must have liability insurance to cover you for accidents at work. You cannot be dismissed or treated any differently for making a claim as the law is on your side; so don’t worry about any affect making a work injury claim might have… The insurance is there to claim from – use it!
For specialist advice and quality legal representation, call our personal injury claims helpline team for free on 0800 634 75 75.
