Lifting At Work Injury Claim.

Each year thousands of people have accidents in the workplace which often result in time off work for recuperation purposes and loss of earnings. When you go to work you expect to be protected by health and safety regulations and it is a legal requirement for your employer to provide a safe working environment to maximise productivity. Accidents can happen in any type of job, you do not have to work in obviously dangerous place like a construction site to become injured. You can even become injured if you work in an office.

Heavy lifting at work is one of the most common causes of workplace injuries. It is thought that more than one third of all workplace injuries reported in this country are related to manual handling and heavy lifting in some way. The most common injury associated with lifting is back injuries and statistically up to 5 million working days are lost due to back pain every year. Back injuries involved with heavy lifting and manual handling could be very easily avoided if health and safety regulations are followed properly, if regular risk assessments were carried out and if staff were fully trained on how to safely carry out specific tasks and procedures.

It does not matter what job you do, if it involves any heavy lifting then you may be at risk of injury. It may be that you don’t have to lift heavy things everyday in your job but one awkward lift is all it takes to do some serious damage. And it is not just your back that is at risk of damage, heavy lifting can injure your legs and arms as well.

It is the responsibility of an employer to put in place measures that will help to minimise any potential risks in the workplace by controlling the way that their employees perform their duties. Of course it is not possible to rid a workplace entirely of all risks and accidents will always happen but if it comes to light that an employer has not attempted to minimise the risks in their workplace and an accident occurs then the injured party may have a case to make a claim.

If you think that you have a legitimate personal injury claim then it is advisable to seek professional legal advice as some claims can become quite complex and you may need guidance or representation. Contact Accident Consult today to speak to one of our specialist personal injury lawyers.