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If you have had an accident at work that was not your fault, then it's very likely that you will be eligible to get compensation for employment claim. There is a comprehensive body of regulations that control health and safety in the workplace. Regulations cover a multitude of issues including the state of the workplace, management issues, work equipment, hazardous substances, manual handling, noise at work etc. If any of these regulations has been breached, an employer can be liable to a person who suffers an injury at work as a result. Report the injury as soon as possible to your employer in writing (using the appropriate forms, not just telling the employer about it).The accident must be recorded in the accident log book. Your employer has a legal responsibility to report the accident to the Health and Safety Executive or the local authority environmental department and can be prosecuted if he fails to do so. If somebody apart from the employer caused the accident at the workplace, the employer may still be liable but it will usually be possible to bring a claim against the person who injured you at work.
A successful employment claim is based on solid informationDuring an employment claim you will be asked to give a full account of the circumstances of the accident and to provide any other information (the names of witnesses, photographs of the accident scene etc) that is necessary. Report the injury to your doctor because it could become more serious. You should do this even if the injury seems minor. If you subsequently go to court to get injury compensation, you will be asked to provide a medical report. Remember medical evidence for employment claims are required in the form of a physicians statement. Then a formal Letter of Claim will be sent to the person responsible for the accident, asking them to involve their insurers. As you see, employment compensation can only be claimed after a detailed procedure. The insurance company then has a period of three months to investigate the claim for compensation and state whether or not they accept responsibility for your accident at work. If they do not accept responsibility for the accident, they are obliged to disclose relevant documentation within this three-month period. If the other side does not accept responsibility for your accident within the three-month period, further steps are necessary to establish their responsibility. While you have three years in which to commence court proceedings against the person(s) responsible for your accident at work, it is always best to seek legal advice at the earliest possible opportunity. This will enable the solicitors to gather the necessary evidence related to the case and to bring about a swift resolution of the employment claim. Normally, compensation cases settle well within the three-year period and it is our objective to bring about a swift and amicable resolution of the case without recourse to legal proceedings. However, if it is necessary to issue court proceedings, then we endeavor to bring those proceedings to a speedy conclusion, utilising our state of the art accident claim case management computer system.
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