What to do if you get injured at work

Many thousands of people suffer injury at work every year in the UK

If you have been injured you should know what steps to take following an accident and how you can protect your legal position should you decide to pursue a compensation claim.

This section of our site provides guidance notes for employees or sub contracted works who have been injured whilst performing their working duties.

Please make an enquiry with us today if you wish to discuss your particular case further. We would be happy to hear from you either by phone - call 0800 0322210 - or via our online form opposite. WE ARE HERE TO HELP and our advice is free.

Most people tend to be in a state of shock when an accident occurs.

There are some very simple steps to follow which people often forget in the aftermath of an accident work, and so when they decide to make a claim they find it very difficult to prove that the accident occurred in the manner described.

Report the accident in the accident book as soon as possible; Every workplace should have such a book

When the accident report is made ensure that it is factually correct before you sign it. Do not let the employer or senior management pressurise you into signing a document that is untrue; 

If there were any witnesses to the incident then take their details. If there were no witnesses to the actual event it may be possible to get witnesses to system of work which may have caused the injury. This could also be of assistance to you should you wish to make a claim and the system of work employed was an unsafe one; 

Go and see your own doctor or attend the hospital if the injury warrants it. This is so that there is a record in your medical history that you were injured and what the diagnosis was and whether you had to have treatment and medication; 

Get some legal advice from a reputable law firm - most good law firms will deal with your claim free of charge as "No win No fee". 

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