| All employers have a responsibility to protect their | | | | for your own reference. If you can't report the |
| employees, contractors and visitors from | | | | accident because you are too ill, try to get |
| accidents and injury in the workplace. | | | | someone else to do this. |
| It is estimated that one million people suffer injury | | | | If the accident at work involves any of the |
| in the workplace every year and the vast | | | | following:o Deatho Diseaseo Major injuryo |
| majority of these are generally avoidable. Even | | | | Dangerous incidents |
| with huge improvements in health and safety and | | | | Any injury that stops an employee doing their |
| an increasing list of safety rules/measures many | | | | normal job for three or more days |
| workplace environments remain dangerous and | | | | Then your employer has a responsibility to report |
| accidents are work still happen. | | | | the accident not only in the accident book but also |
| Employers should carry out risk assessments of | | | | to the Health and Safety Executives. |
| the workplace to ensure that any measures to | | | | One last procedure that is advised if you have |
| improve safety are being used. Even without | | | | suffered from a work place accident is going to |
| these risk assessments there are still a number | | | | see your doctor. You should do this even if your |
| of precautions that need to be present in the | | | | injury doesn't seem too serious. The reason why |
| workplace such as your employees should be | | | | this is so important is so that a doctor can record |
| provided with the correct safety wear, which for | | | | details of accident in case you wish to pursue a |
| the building trade includes goggles, hard hats, ear | | | | compensation claim later on. |
| defenders, gloves, boots and high visibility jackets. | | | | If you are looking to pursue an accident |
| As well as being provided with the correct safety | | | | compensation claim after suffering an accident at |
| wear, employees should also have the correct | | | | work then get in touch with a legal team today |
| machinery and tools that they need to carry out | | | | as they will be able to help you through what is |
| their job. These tools and machinery should be | | | | involved in a compensation claim and they will give |
| checked regularly to ensure that they are in the | | | | you the best possible chance of winning a |
| best condition to carry out work. | | | | compensation claim. |
| If you unfortunately do suffer from an accident | | | | You have every right to put in a compensation |
| at work, you need to report it to your employers | | | | claim if you have suffered an accident at work |
| as soon as possible and make sure that the | | | | due to someone else's negligence. Every year |
| accident is recorded in the accident book. If the | | | | thousands of people receive the compensation |
| accident isn't placed in the accident book or the | | | | they deserve after suffering an accident at work, |
| company doesn't have an accident book then you | | | | now it's your turn so get in touch with a legal |
| should write down brief details of the accident and | | | | team today. |
| send it to your boss, as well as keeping a copy | | | | |