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As the centre of the UK's offshore oil and gas industry, a number of work-related accidents which result in an Aberdeen injury claim involve employees on oil and gas rigs and their associated services.
The extraction of the volatile substances from below the seabed requires extremely specialised working practices and the people who earn their living in such circumstances are entitled to expect the best possible health and safety protection from their employers.
With working platforms being many miles out in the North Sea, their distance from land is an added layer of difficulty should a personal injury accident occur.
Gas and oil is brought to the surface under high pressure before being pumped ashore through pipelines and this system has many inherent risks, although the industry umbrella group Oil & Gas UK is working hard to improve safety standards and reduce the workplace accident rate.
Since the 1988 Piper Alpha disaster in which 167 workers died, major improvements in safety management, regulation and training have been made, but there is no room for complacency and the programme Step Change to Safety aims to make the UK gas and oil industry the safest in the world.
Maintenance and construction workers are most at risk of suffering an accident and being injured, followed by those involved in deck operations.
According to the Health and Safety Executive, workers being struck by moving objects are the most frequent victims of injuries in a single category, followed by slips, trips and falls. Injuries from handling, lifting and carrying are also significant as are falls from height.
Many people who work in the offshore industry are self-employed contractors but this does not exempt those responsible for safety from looking after them, however, it may mean they have not undergone the same training or have the same supervision as employees.
Those responsible for such contractors in the workplace have a duty to look after their safety identically to employees, ensuring they know of safety procedures on a particular site in order to reduce the risk of accidents.
Solicitor for Aberdeen injury claim
Whether you are employed or self-employed, if you have been working in the oil and gas industry and suffered a work accident, you may well be entitled to make a claim for compensation if you were not at fault.
Even if you were partly to blame for the circumstances of your injury, you could claim some recompense from the person or organisation which was also responsible, depending on the seriousness of the accident, this could make an important difference to your financial security.
If an injury is sufficiently severe so as to prevent you returning to work in the same job, an experienced personal injury solicitor, such as those who work with YouClaim, will be able to ensure this factor is recognised in any damages settlement.
All of our Scottish lawyers adhere to the standards set by the Law Society of Scotland and they make a point of communicating clearly to clients.
If you are working offshore and find it difficult to contact a solicitor to talk about an Aberdeen injury claim, using the internet means you are not at a disadvantage compared with people able to walk into a high street legal office.
To find out more about our service for work-related and other injuries you can call us free on 0800 10 757 95 or use the claim form on this page to give us brief details and we'll contact you by return.
