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UK INDUSTRIAL ACCIDENT
CLAIMS ADVICE SOLICITORS

We are a nationwide network of personal injury solicitors that provides legal advice for industrial accident 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. Damages are paid in full and win or lose there is no charge. If you submit your details an experienced member of The Law Society Panel of personal injury experts will respond and give free advice without obligation on what steps you should take to apply for personal injury compensation. If after talking to us you decide not to take matters further you are under no obligation to do so and you will not be charged anything at all.

The legislation can be complex and technical and if you have been injured at work it is essential that you take advice from a specialist solicitor. Health and safety in the UK is mainly contained in the following legislation;

  • Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1992
  • Workplace (Health, Safety and Welfare) Regulations 1992
  • Manual Handling Operations Regulations 1992
  • Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations 1998
  • Personal Protective Equipment at Work Regulations 1992

The main thrust of this legislation imposes a legal duty on employers to pre-empt the likelihood of injury by way of a risk assessment and thereafter to take adequate steps to ensure that the risk is removed or reduced to an acceptable level. These regulations address diverse safety topics including the maintenance of the workplace, ventilation, temperature, lighting, cleaning and waste materials, room dimensions and space, the condition of floors and traffic routes, falling objects, washing facilities, escalators and doors and gates.

The regulations also require that work equipment must be suitable for the purpose and in efficient working order with proper information and instructions to reduce the incidence of industrial accident claims. Training for the use of equipment must be adequate and in addition suitable personal protective equipment must be provided to employees and steps must be taken to ensure that any personal protective equipment provided is properly used.

The Manual Handling Operations Regulations were principally designed as a safety regulation to reduce back injuries in manufacturing industry caused through unsafe lifting although they do apply in all work enviroments. An employer must so far as is reasonably practicable avoid the need for his employees to undertake any manual handling operations at work which involve a risk of their being injured. Employers must therefore if reasonably possible provide mechanical lifting aids to avoid the need for manual handling. If it is not possible to avoid the need for manual handling then a suitable and sufficient risk assessment must be carried out of all manual handling operations to be undertaken which must take into account the nature of the task, and the nature of the load being handled, the working environment and also the capabilities of the individual.