Slipping or Tripping Accidents At Work

Accidents at work as a result of a slip or trip can cause serious and long term injuries and in some sectors account for as many as 48% of all reported accidents. Slip or Trip incidents can be the butt of workplace jokes but can result in severe and debilitating injuries.

Claiming Compensation for Slipping or Tripping Accidents at Work
Slipping or Tripping Accident At Work and Employer Negligence
Slipping or Tripping Accident At Work: Your Questions Answered

Claiming Compensation for Slipping or Tripping Accidents at Work

Slipping or tripping at work may make your colleagues laugh. However, slips or trips at work account for more than 30% of all reported accidents at work in the UK and can result in some serious injuries. Slips and trips are the most common causes of major injuries for nurses and related professions and domestic staff. Usually they are the result of slipping on wet or contaminated surfaces, tripping over an obstruction, slipping or tripping down stairs or over an uneven surface.

Your employer might consider that if you have slipped or tripped at work it is your fault. This is wrong. Your employer has a duty of care and the responsibility to provide you with a safe working environment. They should therefore ensure that their premises are safe and shoud have in place policies and procedures to ensure that potential hazards are dealt with BEFORE someone injures themselves.

Contact us on 0800 037 1260, or fill-in our online claim form, for a free assessment of your claim.

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Slipping or Tripping Accident at Work and Employer's Negligence

When assessing your claim, your solicitor will evaluate whether your employer was at fault by failing to provide you with a working environment that is safe or a set of procedures that would maintain your workplace safe. Usually the solutions to avoid slips and trips in the workplace are cheap and easy to implement. Your employer has therefore no excuse and should have taken action before anything happened to you.

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Slipping or Tripping Accident At Work: Your Questions Answered

If I claim against my employer, could I lose my job?

NO. The law is very clear on this point. Claiming compensation for an accident in the workplace is a right that you have and the reason why employers MUST have insurance by law. Receiving compensation is about making sure you will not be out of pocket or worse off as a result of the injuries you have sustained. It would be a criminal offence for your employer to discriminate against you if you are making a claim for compensation.

The accident was the fault of one of my colleagues, can I still claim compensation?

YES. It is your employer's responsibility to ensure that employees (both you and your colleagues) are competent and fully trained. If the accident was due to a colleague's fault, then you can still claim compensation for the injuries you have sustained.

My boss is saying the accident was my fault, can I still claim compensation?

YES. It is not your boss' job to evaluate whose fault it was, this is done by the courts or by negotiations between your solicitor and your employer's insurance company. Don't let anyone bully you out of claiming compensation. Your Accident Compensation 4 U assigned solicitor is better placed to assess whether you have a claim.

I have been off work since my accident. Can I get some money in the meantime?

YES. Review your employment contract for your employer's Contractual Sick Pay terms. You are entitled also to Statutory Sick Pay for a period of up to 28 weeks (6 months). Beyond these, the government provides a number of benefits you can claim.

I am receiving Statutory Sick Pay or Disability Benefits. Will this affect my claim for compensation?

YES and NO. Receiving benefits from the government or from your employer (Statutory or Contractual Sick Pay) does not stop you from pursuing a claim for compensation. It might however affect the amount of compensation you will receive if your claim is successful.

I am a member of a Trade Union. Does this make a difference?

YES and NO. If you are a member of a Trade Union, Accident Compensation 4 U can still help you claim compensation as you can choose the solicitor who will represent you. As a member of a Trade Union however, you could have more choice in how you will finance your claim for compensation.

I would like to make a claim. What should I do?

CONTACT US. Call our FREE ASSESSMENT helpline on 0800 037 1260, request a call back using the short form on the left or start your claim online. We will assess your claim for free and let you know whether we believe you can pursue a personal injury compensation claim.

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