Your employer must abide by an important set of health and safety rules under legislation known as The Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations. Machinery is work equipment and therefore falls within the scope of the rules here that are designed to protect employees from being injured by machinery in the workplace.
So, if you have suffered from a machinery injury at work, read on for some useful guidance and advice about the law and your rights when it comes to making a claim for personal injury compensation.
What the law says
The law here when it comes to machinery at work is broken down in to several sections that cover the eventualities where you could sustain an injury through no fault of your own.
The regulations say that employers must:
- Ensure work machinery is suitable for use
- Ensure machinery is not dangerous
- Inspect machinery to ensure the above
- Maintain machinery so that it is in an efficient state and in good repair for use
- Train and supervise staff using machinery to ensure safe use
- Prevent access to dangerous parts of machinery – such as with guards and rails
- Provide working stop and emergency stop control functions
- Ensure machinery can be isolated when access to parts is required
- Provide adequate instruction and warnings on the machinery where applicable
So if you are injured in any circumstances where your employer has failed to do the above, you may be entitled to make a claim for work injury compensation. Your employer should have insurance to cover them for injuries suffered in the workplace so all you need to do is instruct our work accident lawyers to put your claim through and fight for your right as a victim.
If the insurers accept liability then we will make sure to negotiate the highest amount we can in compensation for you.
Making a work accident claim for machinery injuries is easy
All we need to do in most cases is go through a simple claim form and we can do the rest. You can attend a medical appointment with a suitably qualified expert who will produce a report that we can use as evidence to prove your claim and to value the case.
We can fund the whole claim on a no win, no fee basis!
Want to start a claim or get some free advice?
Just call 0800 634 7575 today.
