Personal Injury
Pearson Legal
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Injury at work - Employers' responsibilities Employers are responsible for ensuring their employees are safe when at work, and so in these cases, the defendant will usually be your employer in an accident at work claim. Clients come to us when they have been injured due to health and safety procedures not being adhered to, and they’ve been injured at work, or the incident has worsened an existing injury or condition. In this case, our client worked as a specialist windscreen fitter on large vehicles, trains and buses.
Our client alleges he did not receive adequate training from his employers, and the culmination of having to carry out these tasks caused injury to his back and sciatic pain in his legs. Our client stated that before going off sick, the only manual handling training he was given was how to lift a box. His employers, a nationwide glass and glazing company, admitted liability, and we settled the case for our client, who received £40,000 in compensation.
They must also do risk assessments across the workplace Provide work and personal protective equipment as necessary Minimise risks to employees' health and safety and provide safe working systems Any injury in the workplace should be covered by the employer's insurance policy. Employers' Liability (Compulsory Insurance) Act 1969 The Employers' Liability (Compulsory Insurance) Act 1969 imposes a requirement for all business owners to insure against liability for bodily injury or disease sustained by their employees during the course of their employment. “In this case, clear and specific training should have been given to our client, and the employer failed to carry out their legal duty.
” “Our client’s employers breached several workplace liability regulations. As well as manual handling breaches, they exposed him to the risk of injury and failed to operate, or ensure, a safe system of installing, loading, and unloading windscreens, also failed to take adequate care for the safety of their employees,” said Mike Talbot. “My client underwent months of physiotherapy as part of his rehabilitation.
Measurable Results
Compensation settlement: £40,000
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