Five Common Injury Claims
There are many unseen dangers in the workplace and around town, many of these dangers are as a result of someone’s negligence or disregard for health and safety and so it can mean that someone could unsuspectingly fall victim to this negligence and become injured.
In recent years we have recognised that when someone has an accident in the street or at work then there are sometimes people who should be held responsible such as unsigned wet floors, loose paving slabs etc. If this were to happen to you then you may be off work or even hospitalised because of your injuries and so you would want compensation for this too.
Five common injury claims that people have made in the past are:
Road Traffic Accidents
This is a common one mainly due to the amount of people driving cars, occasionally someone will have to brake suddenly or the person behind you may be driving far too fast to brake in time. Whiplash happens when someone crashes into the back of your car and is one of the most common claims made today.
Accidents in the workplace
A lot of accidents that happen in the workplace happen in industrial environments such as falling objects, trailing cables and ladder falls. Most of these cases are through negligence or the workplace in question may have very poor safety standards, it’s for this reason that many businesses will have a health and safety officer and conduct frequent surveys of the workplace to ensure they are safe.
Accidents in Public Places
If you were to be walking along a road and the paving stone gave way and you fell over there’s a good chance that you could injury yourself on the hard floor, especially if you were unprepared for the fall. In these cases compensation claims would be made against the local council due to poor maintenance, claiming for these instances not only ensures your injuries are taken care of but also flags the location up to the council who will be able to fix the problem before others become hurt.
Injuries caused by defective goods or products
Sometimes we may buy a product which is defective; this can happen when things are manufactured in bulk in factories where one item may have defects that make it unusable or sometimes dangerous. Electrical goods may have faulty components and can sometimes cause shocks or even electrical fires. Claiming for this kind of damage or personal injury would be aimed at the manufacturer.
Medical or Dental Negligence
When we go to the doctors or dentists we want to know that the practitioner is highly qualified and an expert in their field, however even the most skilled doctor can sometimes make mistakes and if you are victim to this then you would rightfully seek compensation as depending on the procedure you may suffer badly from any potential error.
