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January 07, 2014

No Goggles or Eye Protection Provided at Work – Injury Lawyers Advice

ppe work injury claimsThe Personal Protective Equipment at Work Regulations 1992 state that an employer must provide, pay for, risk assess, and maintain protective equipment to employers where their health is at risk. Eye protections falls within the scope of Personal Protective Equipment, or PPE as it is known in short.

Common examples where eye protection could be necessary are:
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January 06, 2014

Injuries when Lifting Pallets at Work

lifting pallets at work injury claim advicePallets can be fairly large and difficult to manually handle. If they have goods on them, the weight will likely increase.

But in the workplace there are specific health and safety regulations that employers must abide by in order to keep their staff safe from injury. These are covered in The Manual Handling Operations Regulations 1992.
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January 03, 2014

Injured Due to an Unsafe Work Area? Make a Claim Today

unsafe work injury claimsThere are plenty of potential hazards in the modern workplace, and there are plenty of health and safety rules and regulations that are designed to protect people from being injured in the line of duty.

When it comes to working with potentially hazardous equipment or materials, all reasonable steps should be taken to ensure that you are not at risk of injuring yourself.
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December 17, 2013

Manual Handling Training Issues

manual handling at workHave you become a victim to an injury at work having not received any manual handling training from your employer? Perhaps you have received training but the training was not adequate or sufficient for the task in hand? Or maybe you have lifted a box which was too heavy and caused you to suffer from back pain? 

Manual handling injuries can come from simple everyday tasks such as lifting, carrying, pushing and pulling. When lifting a load it is important to follow manual handling procedures, which is generally to bend your knees, keeping them at shoulder distance apart, keeping you’re back straight and holding the load close to your chest and not at arm’s length apart.
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December 16, 2013

Injured when being passed a heavy object?

manual handling claimsManual handling is an everyday part of many working people’s lives. It’s important for employers to get it right when it comes to health and safety law for manual handling activities in the workplace. This is governed by The Manual Handling Operations Regulations 1992.

The gist of these regulations is that an employer has a very important duty to:
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December 13, 2013

Trapped Hand / Finger in a Conveyor Belt at Work?

trapped hand claimsThere are loads of workplace health and safety regulations that employers must abide by to ensure that you as an employee do not end up injured in the line of duty. When it comes to conveyor belts, this falls within the realms of work equipment which is covered by specific regulations called The Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations 1998.

When it comes to this particular blog, we are looking at two main areas: access to dangerous parts of machinery, and emergency stop controls. As it happens, the regulations are so thorough that there are specific sections dedicated to each of these scenarios:
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December 11, 2013

Injured at Work by Faulty Equipment Claims Advice

injured by faulty equipmentHave you been injured at work due to faulty or unsuitable equipment that was used within your workplace? If so, you may be entitled to make a work injury claim for compensation!

The Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations 1998, or often abbreviated to (PUWER), states that companies or people who own work equipment, or even operate or have control over this, have a duty to ensure that the equipment is suitable and safe for the intended use. As well as this, it is also a duty to make sure that the equipment is only used by people who have the adequate training and information to operate, and that whilst doing so, they must be accompanied by the required and suitable health and safety measures and in accordance with the specific requirements for that particular piece of equipment.
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December 11, 2013

Tripped over Wires on the Ground at Work? Make a Claim Today!

work injury tripping claimsCommon sense would dictate that wires should never be in places where people could trip over them – i.e. traffic routes, or generally where people will need to access. So what happens if you do trip over wires at work and you are injured as a result? Are you entitled to make a work injury compensation claim?

Your Rights

Your employer has to abide by a lot of health and safety rules and regulations that are designed to protect employees from being injured in the line of duty. When it comes to tripping claims, The Workplace (Health, Safety and Welfare) Regulations 1992 has a specific section dedicated to the condition of floors. Regulation 12 (3) states:
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December 10, 2013

Manual Handling Compensation Claims

manual handling compensation claimsIf you’ve been injured at work due to manual handling accident, perhaps due to little or no training or assistance, then you may be able make a claim for compensation. Surprisingly, manual handling injuries are very common within the workplace, and can usually vary from minor repetitive strain injuries to more serious back injuries. Understandably these types of injuries commonly cause both financial loss and a great deal of inconvenience.

The Manual Handling Operations Regulations 1992 is basically the law which states how manual handling within the workplace should be carried out safely.

It is the duty of your employer to provide suitable and sufficient instructions, training, and if required, assistance when handling heavy or awkward objects. This must be adequate to prevent any foreseeable injuries that would be likely to occur due to lifting and moving objects within the workplace. The Regulations state that each employer should avoid the need for their employees to undertake any manual handling that is likely to cause injury to them, and if manual handling operations are necessary, then the employer should conduct a full risk assessment of the operation to reduce the risk of injury to their employees.
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December 09, 2013

Leaking Machinery at Work Accident Claims Advice

machine wear and tear safetyHave you had an accident at work due to leaking machinery? Quite often, any sort of substance leaking out of machinery can cause slips and trips, and not to mention all sorts of injuries within the workplace! Most of the time, the reason for leaking machinery can be caused by a defective machine, that has either not been maintained by the employer, or is not working properly.

How does the law come into this sort of accident?
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