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Few people would disagree that preventing accidents and injuries together with reducing the number of personal injury compensation cases being made in the UK is a good thing. However, "safety culture", which is the pragmatic approach to reducing the number of accidents occurring in our homes and workplaces, consistently comes under fire from media critics and liberal campaigners who accuse it of being part of a "nanny state".
What is safety culture?
Separated from all the media furore surrounding myths such as the banning of conkers in schools and of Christmas decorations in offices, it is hard to see why ideas of safety culture should cause such a fuss.
The Association of Personal Injury Lawyers offer a neat definition of safety culture:
"The concept that if people took safety seriously when making decisions which affect others then many injuries would not occur."
Looking at this innocuous definition it is hard to understand why safety culture has come in for such criticism from some quarters of a reactionary media.
The most likely explanation for this is that some commentators seem to be unable to distinguish between the tiny fraction of personal injury compensation claims that are spurious, and the overwhelming majority of personal injury compensation claims that are made by claimants with legitimate and pressing needs.
Of course, not all accidents warrant a personal injury claim. Where there is no negligent party, the person or persons suffering personal injury must simply find a way to best manage their injuries.
However, it is not these kinds of "unavoidable accidents" that safety culture strives to consign to history. Rather, it is "avoidable accidents" that the believers in safety culture work to prevent.
Safety culture is simply stamping out avoidable accidents by providing checks for thoughtlessness and negligence.
How is it proposed this will be achieved?
One major aid to realising the aims of safety culture is the correct implementation of risk assessments.
Risk assessments simply provide a way to monitor and manage any potential hazards in a situation.
Just like safety culture itself, risk assessments have been given an unfair amount of negative media coverage. Yet in reality, a good risk assessment will not involve too much red tape, nor will it place restrictions on an activity. A good risk assessment simply helps an activity or event to run smoothly, with minimum chance of anyone involved suffering accident and injury.
Making a no win, no fee claim
If you have suffered personal injury as the result of the negligence of another party, you may well be entitled to claim compensation.
YouClaim's team are among the UK's very best no win, no fee lawyers. Over the years they have proved their expertise by successfully representing thousands of claimants.
Our service is completely cost free. Win or lose, you will never have to pay us or anyone else a single penny in legal costs or fees.
Furthermore, we never take a cut of any of client's damages awards, meaning that in the event of your win, you are guaranteed 100% compensation.
If you would like to discuss your circumstances with us, drop us an online claim form or have a conversation with us over the web using e-chat.
Alternatively, if you would like to get your personal injury compensation claim underway right now, simply call 0800 10 757 95.
