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ACCIDENTS
AT WORK
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| Your
employer has a duty to protect you and tell you about health
and safety issues that affect you. They also have a legal
obligation to report certain accidents and incidents, and
to pay you statutory sick pay, or contractual sick pay if
you are entitled to it, if you need time off because of
an accident at work. |
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Your
employer must report serious work-related accidents, diseases
and dangerous incidents to the Incident Contact Centre
of the Health and Safety Executive (HSE). They must report: |
•
death •
major
injuries (eg a broken arm or ribs) •
disease
•
dangerous
incidents (eg the collapse of scaffolding, people overcome
by gas)
•
any
other injury that stops an employee from doing their normal
work for more than three days |
| If
you've been injured in an accident at work and you think
your employer is at fault, you may want to make a claim
for compensation. Any claim must be made within three years
of the date of the accident, and you'll normally need a
lawyer to represent you. Contact us as soon as possible
so that one of our personal injury solicitors may assess
your chances of receiving compensation for a personal injury
claim. |
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Call
us on 0845 009 5069 or fill
in the form below. |
