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UK BACK INJURY
COMPENSATION CLAIMS

Accident 999 is a network of personal injury solicitors that provides legal advice on back injury compensation claims at no cost and works on a completely risk free no win no fee basis. You do not have to fund or finance your legal action in any respect and you do not have to pay for any expenses as the matter proceeds. Damages are paid in full with no deductions and win or lose there is no charge. If you submit your details an experienced advocate who is a member of The Law Society Panel of personal injury experts will respond and give free advice without obligation on what steps you should take. If after talking to us about your back injury compensation claim you decide not to take matters further you are under no obligation to do so and you will not be charged anything at all.

An employer is under a legal duty to minimise the risk of accidents at work by ensuring that reasonable steps are taken to protect the health and safety of employees. This requirement is contained in statutes, EU directives and in case law. It is not always necessary to show that an employer has been negligent as there are circumstances where an employer may be held to be absolutely liable for his acts or omissions. All employers must have a valid policy of employers liability insurance.

Lumber pain is the single most common trauma afflicting the UK work force and results in more absences from work than for any other cause. Women are particularly vulnerable due to their physique. In general safety terms an employer is required to provide a safe system of work with proper training and supervision and if he does not do so and an accident occurs then the employer may be liable to pay compensation the employee.

The relevant health and safety at work regulations were introduced in 1993 and they implemented European Union health and safety directives. Most of these regulations were already effectively in force in the UK under the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 and they include;

  • Manual Handling Operations
  • Management of Health and Safety at Work
  • Display Screen Equipment
  • Provision and Use of Work Equipment
  • Workplace (Health, Safety and Welfare)
  • Personal Protective Equipment

The Manual Handling Operations Regulations came into force on 1st January 1993. The relevant section is contained in Regulation 4 which requires that the employer shall if possible avoid the need for his employees to undertake operations which involve risk of trauma and where this cannot be done an assessment of the risk must be made which should take into account the task, the load, the working environment and individual capability. The operations at risk of back injury compensation claims include lifting, pushing, carrying or moving of loads.

An employer is required to reduce the risk of physical damage and trauma to the lowest level reasonably practicable. Management Regulation 11 refers to employees being given adequate health and safety training for all tasks for which it is needed and manual handling is an area where systematic training is necessary if an employer is to comply with the legal obligations.

If an employer fails to implement the requirements of the regulations by failing to adequately provide means of mechanical handling or failing to deal adequately with risk assessment or giving inadequate training and an injury occurs to an employee as a result then the employer will be liable to pay damages usually through his insurance company.