100% compensation for our work accident clients
Did you know that there are specific regulations that govern the prevention of slips and trips in the workplace? There are actually loads of rules and regulations that are designed to cover almost any eventuality where an employer may be responsible for an employee being injured in the workplace.
So here is a quick insight in to the rules and info on how we can offer you a 100% compensation agreement if you slip or trip at work and want to make a personal injury claim.
The Rules
The Workplace (Health, Safety and Welfare) Regulations 1992 is an important set of regulations that cover many general areas of workplace health and safety. There is a specific section (Regulation 12) that addresses the condition of walkways and traffic routes. This states:
(1) Every floor in a workplace and the surface of every traffic route in a workplace shall be of a construction such that the floor or surface of the traffic route is suitable for the purpose for which it is used.
This generally addresses the issue of making sure that an employee can navigate the workplace safely. You wouldn’t want an uneven and dangerous office or warehouse where a person could trip or fall because the ground was uneven, steep, or difficult to walk on. So to enforce this, the above regulation puts the duty on the employer to make sure that steps are taken to prevent such accidents.
Specifically, a further section states:
(2) (a) the floor, or surface of the traffic route, shall have no hole or slope, or be uneven or slippery so as, in each case, to expose any person to a risk to his health or safety;
The regulations go on to address the issue of substances or articles that could cause a slip, trip, or fall. It’s no good having perfectly even walkways if you’re going to allow liquid to accumulate and pose a slipping hazard, or allow debris or boxes to become trip hazards:
(3) So far as is reasonably practicable, every floor in a workplace and the surface of every traffic route in a workplace shall be kept free from obstructions and from any article or substance which may cause a person to slip, trip or fall.
Enforcing the above part is more about policies and procedures in the workplace. This requires training staff and enforcing inspection and maintenance regimes to look out for hazards and rectify them immediately. For example, warehouses will normally have designated walkway areas painted with lines were boxes are not allowed to be placed or to accumulate. When it comes to spillages, inspections at regular intervals can look out for hazards and rectify them. Specific bins or containers can be used for waste packaging to prevent debris accumulating on the floor as well. There’s lots that can be done.
Enforcing the rules is down to the employer, and for the most part it isn’t difficult to achieve. But if you slip, trip, or fall because your employer hasn’t taken the reasonable steps required of them by law, that’s when you can make a successful claim for personal injury compensation.
100% Compensation
So if you are the unfortunate victim of a workplace accident, I’m sure you want to know that you are safe to claim and that it won’t end up costing you money!
Well, your job cannot be legally affected for making a claim and most companies are quite happy for you to sue because they have insurance and it’s there to claim from. A workplace claim isn’t anything personal at all.
When it comes to costs, most lawyers will want to take 25% from your claim thanks to government rule changes from April 2013. But we don’t – we still offer our clients 100% compensation agreements for work accident claims as we just accept the fees we still can from the insurers.
We also offer No Win, No Fee guarantees too, so if the case doesn’t win, we don’t charge you.
Legislation – http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1992/3004/regulation/12/made