Health and safety regulations are vital in workplaces to ensure all workers’ safety and well-being. A No Win, No Fee accident at work claim is often required so that employees can claim compensation they are owed. Modern work environments present extreme hazards to health and safety and employers have a responsibility to keep all employees safe.
It’s important that these standards are kept to prevent accidents at work. A work related injury claim is often required to cover any medical expenses or financial losses incurred due to an accident at work.
Employee Responsibility in Health and Safety
Additionally to your employer’s responsibilities, as an employee you have obligations to ensure you protect yourself, your colleagues, and other workers in your workplace. Make sure that you are proactive in minimising workplace hazards, such as removing obstructions and cleaning any spillages. This also helps to promote a good safety culture in the workplace, promoting other workers to follow your lead.
Following all health and safety training provided is essential to reduce the likelihood of work hazards being created and to reduce the risk to other employees. This also includes not interfering with health and safety instructions that have been put in place for employee safety.
Ensure that you wear any Personal Protective Equipment provided alongside maintaining in place protective barriers and other equipment. You are also required to report any broken Personal Protective Equipment or faulty equipment as soon as you notice it, including any other issue that may pose a risk to any workers’ safety.
Do You Have a Safe Work Environment?
You could be entitled to compensation should your health and safety at work have been compromised or should you have experienced one or more of the following situations at work:
- Did your employer maintain a safe working system?
- Have you received a poor health and safety supervision?
- Was there a failure to appoint a ‘competent person’ to oversee safety risks?
- Was your safety put at risk by either your managers or colleagues?
- Did your employer fail to properly inform you about all potential hazards in your workplace?
- Have risk assessments stopped being completed by your health and safety representative?
- Are the facilities provided to you unsafe and inadequate?
- Are you expected to work with unsafe equipment?
- Have health and safety inspections stopped being carried out by your employer?
- Is the machinery you operate badly maintained?
- Are you expected to drive faulty vehicles?
- Have you been required to lift heavy objects without proper training?
- Was there a trip hazard that caused you to fall?
- Has a falling object at work struck you?
- Have you fallen from a height while conducting your normal job operations?
An accident at work can be quite traumatic for you and your family, particularly if the injury suffered was severe. An expert and professional opinion will ensure that you know what you could be entitled to receive when making a claim.
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