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Working as a warehouse operative means you are putting your health at risk on an almost daily working basis. There are so many workplace health and safety risks in a warehouse, so it’s important for your employer to do things the right way to make sure you are not injured in the line of duty.

So what are your rights as a warehouse worker if you are injured in the workplace? Can you make a claim for personal injury compensation?
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Coming in to contact with oil can do some serious damage to the skin. If you have ever been in contact with hot oil, I’m sure you’ll know what I mean. So if this happens to you in the workplace, are you entitled to make a claim for compensation? If you contact our legal team we’ll take a look at the duty your employer has and see if we can make a claim for you.
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For many offices, the most dangerous area of the premises can be the kitchen/canteen. Food and liquid are likely to be spilled on the floor causing slip or trip accidents which falls within the scope of an accident at work.
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There should always be provisions in place to ensure that employees are not injured by falling equipment or machinery. Of course, these kinds of accidents are often serious – leaving the victims with either severe or fatal injuries.

Health and Safety for this kind of thing is strict as it should never be allowed to happen. Let’s take a look at when an employer can be negligent in this kind of scenario.
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Personal Protective Equipment, or PPE as it’s more commonly known, can be vital in the workplace to protect employees from risks that cannot be avoided. Building sites normally require staff to wear hard hats and gloves, and noisy working environments will normally mean staff need ear defenders. Gloves may also be needed when handling hot or dangerous substances too.

So what happens if you are injured due to a lack of, or inadequate / defective, PPE in the workplace? Can you make a No Win, No Fee claim for personal injury compensation?
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Many roles involve the use of handheld tools, like wrenches, screwdrivers, spanners, vices, etc. Some of the equipment like that mentioned above involves the application of force on your part to be able to use the equipment properly. Getting a nut off of a wheel may take some pushing on your part with a spanner to get it loose and off.

So what happens if tools you are using suddenly snap and cause an injury? Can you make a claim for personal injury compensation?
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Ladder accidents can be devastating – if you are given the wrong type of ladder for a job, or perhaps the ladders you were provided with were unsuitable or defective, or maybe you haven’t been properly trained or the land the ladder was on wasn’t safe, you may be able to claim.

There are a lot of workplace rules and regulations that can be applied for ladder accidents, so read on for more info about the law and how we can offer you a unique 100% compensation agreement.
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Making a claim for personal injury compensation for accidents and injuries sustained whilst in the line of duty at work can generally have good prospects for success. Of course, it’s all down to individual circumstances, but there are so many rules and regulations that employers must adhere to that proving they are in breach of one or more of the regulations can be quite easy to do.

So can we offer you a No Win, No Fee agreement for a work accident claim?
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Did you know that there is a specific regulation that addresses the condition of walkways and traffic routes in the workplace?

You do now! Regulation 12 of The Workplace (Health, Safety and Welfare) Regulations 1992 specifically places a duty on an employer to:

(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.
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Forklift trucks are common in many work places but, as with most machinery, they are dangerous when used incorrectly. In many areas where forklifts are used employees are also present, and this increases the risk of danger not only by collisions with the forklift, but also with what the forklift is lifting.

Outlined below will be what your employers are liable for if you have been hit by a falling load from a forklift.
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