What are Work Accident Claims?

Employers have a duty of care towards their employees which they must uphold by law. This duty of care involves taking practical steps wherever possible to ensure the health and safety of their staff and to prevent an accident at work from happening.

If you have suffered an accident at work as a result of your employer’s negligence then you are entitled to speak to a specialist work accident solicitor about making work accident claims.

Types of work accident claims

If you’ve had an accident at work and you want to make work accident claims, you can call us or claim online, or take a look through our dedicated work accident pages to decide which one of the particular type of work accident claims you would like to make.This will depend on the nature of your accident at work and the environment you work in.

Had a construction accident at work?

If your accident occurred on a construction site, you might want to take a look at our construction accident claims page for further advice and information on work injury claims such as these.

Factory accidents and industrial diseases

Other work injury claims may happen because of working in a factory environment, in this case our factory accident claims page may be relevant for you. Sometimes, industrial working situations can also give rise to diseases such as vibration white finger and asbestosis, among others. If you are suffering from an industrial disease, find out more about these work injury claims on our industrial disease claims page.

Office accidents, slips and trips

While offices might not seem to be the most dangerous places, office accidents do happen. If you have been a victim, visit our office accident claims page. Often, office accidents will include slips and trips - if this applies to you then you may also benefit from looking through our claims for workplace slips and trips page.

Military accidents

When soldiers have accidents, slightly different rules may apply, although this does not mean you cannot make work injury claims. Visit our military accident claims page for further advice.

What to do next...

If you want to know more about work injury claims, work accident claims or any other type of accident at work, call us – we can put you in touch with a specialist work accident claims solicitor.

All our personal injury solicitors act on a no win no fee basis, meaning if you lose your case after an accident at work, you won’t pay a penny. When work accident claims are successful, the fees and costs will usually be recovered from the other side, so you keep 100% of your compensation.

Our partnership with National Accident Helpline

Work Accident Helpline works in partnership with National Accident Helpline - the UK's leading name in work injury claims. National Accident Helpline has over 18 years experience in helping peolple make work injury claims for injuries sustained in work accidents, so you can be sure you're in safe hands.

If you've been injured in an accident at work that wasn't your fault, and the accident took place within the last three years, you may be eligible to make a claim.

If you're suffering from an industrial condition such as asbestosis, tinnitus or vibration white finger where the syptoms can take months or years to appear, you can make a claim within three years of diagnosis.

It is against the law to fire an employee as a result of them making a work accident compensation claim. Also, all employers must, by law, be insured against compensation claims, so the compensation should be recovered from the insurance company.