Making a 100% claim for a musculoskeletal disorder
Musculoskeletal disorders are the most common kind of work injury, either temporary or permanent in duration. As all employers have a duty of care toward their employees, sufferers from these problems may find they are able to make a 100% compensation claim for their physical distress.
Musculoskeletal simply means of the muscles and/or skeleton; therefore 'musculoskeletal disorders', or 'MSDs', is a phrase that includes back pain, repetitive strain injury, and joint problems. Causes can include pushing, pulling and lifting of objects, or simply strain placed on the worker's body through bad ergonomics.
As nearly a quarter of European workers reported back pain in a 2005 survey, MSDs are considered significant enough as a problem that there is a Europe-wide project to encourage workers and their employers to Lighten the Load' on their bodies, providing advice and guidance through the European Agency for Safety and Health at Work. Even so, within the UK, there are a million workers who find themselves with MSDs each year.
Because they can be developed gradually, MSDs are hard to think of in the same bracket as a sudden accident in the workplace, but an MSD is still an industrial injury, and still covered by the same laws on compensation. Workers with musculoskeletal disorders who can trace the source of the strains on their bodies to work may therefore be entitled to make a 100% compensation claim against their employers. As it can be difficult for a worker to determine this themselves, it is worth seeking an expert opinion.
Making a 100% compensation claim for a musculoskeletal disorder
YouClaim's team of no win, no fee solicitors will treat MSDs as they do any other work injury, and offer a 100% compensation guarantee to any case they take on. This means that there are no costs to a victim of an industrial injury at any point, and that the entire amount of damages awarded for a successful claim will go to you, with nothing taken by YouClaim.
Our expert advisors are ready to discuss your case, and to help you work out if you are eligible to make a 100% compensation claim for your musculoskeletal disorder. To speak to someone in person, simply call our free hotline, 0800 10 757 95, or fill in our call-back form to have someone call you at a time of your choice. If you would prefer to chat online with us, our e-chat program will allow you to discuss your situation with a workplace injury specialist on screen.
