It’s a horrendous situation to be in – losing a finger, or several fingers, due to an injury at work. It can easily happen; especially in factories, warehouses, construction sites, or for anyone using dangerous equipment and tools.

So what happens if you are at work and you lose a finger or several fingers due to a piece of equipment? Is your employer liable to compensate you for the loss and any lost earnings or other expenses associated with the injury?
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Road traffic accidents are common and occur on a daily basis on our roads. Whilst we should never stop in our attempts to improve road safety, accidents continue to happen. The aim is to continually improve safety and to decrease the number of accidents on our roads. Another aim is to ensure that, if an accident does occur, the resulting injuries are limited as much as possible. I guess it is the car manufacturer’s job to make cars safer and more robust – to ensure that less people are seriously injured or killed in road accidents.
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In April 2013, the government (in my opinion) ruined decades of access to justice and fairness when they abolished the recovery of certain legal fees in claims for personal injury compensation. For years accident victims were able to receive 100% of their payout as all of their legal fees could be recoverable from the opponent.

This is fair, right? Why should the victim have to pay to claim? If you suffered just vehicle damages in a road accident, you wouldn’t expect to have to pay your insurers to sort it out would you!?

But the government went ahead and stopped the recovery of two things – a Success Fee, and an After The Event insurance premium.
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Whiplash is a lot more complicated than most people think. As an injury, it is real; despite the bad press it gets. For anyone out there who has actually suffered with a genuine whiplash injury, you’ll know that it is not always just a bit of neck ache. It can be debilitating, and it can have a significant effect on your everyday life. I should know, as I have had the injury myself.

Causes

Whiplash is most commonly caused by car accidents. A sudden impact can cause your neck and back to jerk forwards and backwards or sideways. This sudden movement can stretch the ligaments and muscles in your neck, back and shoulders beyond their normal range of movement; thus causing an injury.
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READ ON – WE ARE STILL OFFERING 100% COMPENSATION AGREEMENTS!

We can’t stress this enough! Take care when instructing a law firm to represent you for your claim for personal injury. The law has changed so most lawyers are now taking up to 25% from your compensation payout!

We can still offer a full 100% compensation agreement, so –
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There’s a reason why there is specific workplace regulations that cover being hit by a falling object; to make sure it never happens! The bits that cover being hit by a falling object like a crate fall within the realms of The Workplace (Health, Safety and Welfare) Regulations 1992. The relevant part reads as follows:

13.(1) So far as is reasonably practicable, suitable and effective measures shall be taken to prevent any event specified in paragraph (3).
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You might not think that one little grape could cause a person to slip and injure themselves; but believe you me, it can! We take on a lot of cases where people have slipped on a grape (or several grapes) in supermarkets, and they can result in nasty injuries.

Whether you’re lucky enough to escape with some minor bruises and pain as well as a shed load of embarrassment, or whether you twist you knee or back resulting in serious ligament damage, or perhaps break a bone when landing on a hard floor, we can help you make a claim for personal injury compensation on a No Win, No Fee basis. We also still offer 100% compensation as well.
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Scaffolding or working from height can of course be very dangerous, especially if proper safety procedures are not in place. When working from height there is a lot for employers to consider. As with any job, safety should be of paramount importance and should never be compromised. When working from height workers need a proper and safe platform from which to work, and scaffolding can provide this. It is also a place where workers can keep tools etc but again there is need for caution to prevent any tripping hazards.

Not having barriers on scaffolding is clearly unsafe. Barriers could prevent injury and stop workers from falling if something does go wrong. Say a worker trips up on the scaffold itself or over equipment. A barrier may prevent the worker falling and therefore preventing serious injury.
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As the cold and wet weather sets in for winter, more and more potholes are bound to appear as water leaks in to surface cracks, expands in freezing temperatures, and breaks open the ground. Having been the victim of pothole damage in my car, costing me £300 earlier in the year for a new tyre, alloy refurbishment, and re-tracking, I know how annoying it is.

But riding over a pothole on a bicycle can be far, far more devastating. Whilst drivers feel the annoying bump of a pothole, probably cursing the council at the same time, a bicycle rider is liable to come off of their bike and sustain serious injuries. We have dealt with many cyclist injuries that have been caused by potholes and the injuries are often devastating.
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We have taken on plenty of claims for personal injury compensation when it comes to collapsing chairs; but equally a collapsing table can result in a person sustaining an injury. What if you are leaning on it and it collapses? You’re likely to go down with it. Even if it collapses in general it could hit you and cause an injury.

So if you are the unfortunate victim of a table collapsing injury, what are your rights when it comes to making a claim for personal injury compensation?
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