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Many factory accidents occur in the food and drink manufacturing industry which is a work sector that includes 30 different industries, including slaughterhouses, refining (e.g. sugar), grain milling, breweries, and tinned and frozen food manufacture.
According to the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) in the ten years between April 1998 and March 2008 almost 89,000 workers suffered food and drink related factory accidents causing reportable personal injuries. There were 37 fatalities.
The injury rate is 1.6 times above that of the construction industry, and, combining all food and drink manufacturing industries, the injury rate is the highest in the manufacturing sector.
Main causes of personal injury are:
Most fatal injuries in food manufacturing factories are caused by workplace transport, falls from height and machinery accidents. However, 35 percent of food and drink factory accidents reported to the HSE involve manual handling injury. Each year over 3,200 acute injuries are caused by lifting and handling - 60 percent of those injuries are due to workers attempting to lift heavy objects.
In the food and drink factory sector most musculoskeletal injuries occur through one of five main causes:
These are key areas where employers should have stringent risk assessment procedure for the instigation of safe working practices.
Claiming compensation after a factory accident
If you or a loved one have been injured in a factory accident, no matter which industry sector, you may be able to make a compensation claim with the no win, no fee personal injury solicitors at YouClaim.
We believe that anybody who has been hurt as the result of another person's negligence deserves compensation and, as such, our panel contains only highly trained and successful legal professionals who will do their utmost to carry your claim to its best conclusion.
You can rest assured that our SRA regulated industrial accident solicitors will protect you from all costs and legal fees, even in a lost case, and in a won claim you will be guaranteed to receive 100 percent compensation. Your claim for compensation will not cost you a penny.
Call us for free today to discuss the details of your factory accident on 0800 10 757 95. Alternatively, you can fill in an online claim form or have an immediate echat right now. Rest assured, YouClaim is here to help.
