Our expert work accident lawyers will handle your claim at no cost to you* and in the vast majority of cases you will receive 100% of your compensation**.
Expertise And Understanding From Irwin Mitchell
Manual work often carries potential risks. However, it is an employer’s duty to provide adequate protection for employees against those risks. Workers often suffer injury when that protection is missing or flawed. Manual handling injuries may be minor but can also be devastatingly serious injuries or even cause death.
At Irwin Mitchell we fight fearlessly to achieve the best outcome for you whether your injury is minor or major. We’re renowned for our understanding of the issues affecting you and your family due to a manual handling accident at work and we know what positive action to take to make a difference.
Our lawyers offer the highest level of professionalism and expertise, combined with dedication and sensitivity.
Above all, we put you first.
Dealing With Manual Handling Work Accident Claims With Expertise And Sensitivity
If you’ve suffered an injury from manual handling at work, we can help you make a work accident compensation claim against your employers.
Manual handling concerns ‘any transporting or supporting of a load (including the lifting, putting down, pushing, pulling, carrying or moving thereof) by hand or by bodily force’ which as can be seen is extremely wide ranging.
According to HSE statistics, manual handling accidents account for 40% of accidents at work, and can result in:
- Back injuries
- Upper and lower limb injuries
- Muscular injuries
- Worsening of pre-existing conditions
In minimising the risk to an employee the employer has to firstly take all reasonable steps to avoid the manual handling task. If it is unavoidable then an employer has to assess the procedure to be used and in doing so take any appropriate steps to reduce the risk of injury to the lowest level possible. Whilst assessing the procedure the employer also has to take into account the individual employee's suitability for the procedure and any affect this may have on decisions made.
Each worker should be notified of any risks identified in the risk assessment.
As experts in dealing with manual handing accident claims, we regularly find that employers fail to:
- Provide suitable lifting equipment
- Organise the work appropriately
- Provide adequate manpower
- Provide proper training
As a result of this, many people suffer injuries because they have been involved in an accident at work. Irwin Mitchell can help you if you have been involved in an industrial accident and wish to seek compensation.
Proven Expertise In Manual Handling Work Accident Claims
Irwin Mitchell is also one of the largest and most experienced personal injury law firms in the country.
Our team includes many of the country’s finest personal injury lawyers. They operate in highly specialised teams, offering the highest level of legal expertise in manual work accident claims.
Irwin Mitchell’s Commitment To Making A Difference
Irwin Mitchell’s first commitment is to you, and to achieving the best outcome for your claim.
We also have a long history of campaigning with leading organisations in numerous personal injury fields. Together with those organisations we seek improvements in health and safety, prevent accident and injury where possible, and improve the quality of life and levels of compensation for those who have suffered injury.
We have also pursued many leading legal cases in order to improve the prospects of success of claims for various forms of personal injury, and to obtain fairer compensation.
The above information relates to the law and procedures in England and Wales
* Subject to entering a ‘No Win, No Fee’ agreement with us and complying with its terms.
** Does not apply to group actions, criminal injuries or accidents and illnesses outside England and Wales and is subject to compliance with the terms of your funding arrangements.
All Scottish cases will be handled by the Scottish law firm with which we are associated, Irwin Mitchell Scotland LLP. The law relating to funding is different in Scotland and you will receive separate advice about what that means as well as a separate funding agreement