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All too often, no win, no fee lawyers deal with cases where employees have claimed work accident compensation for an injury received despite an employer being given a pre-incident health and safety enforcement notice.
Prohibition and improvement notices are handed out under sections 21, 22 and 23 of the Health and Safety at Work Act of 1974. They are not given lightly and there are various guides and checks an enforcement officer must make before deciding whether they are appropriate. The chief framework for this process is the Enforcement Management Model (EMM).
Sometimes these notices may lead to prosecution, particularly if an employer fails to comply with stated directives.
The notice will always be clear about the offence or breach of health and safety law. It will address specific concerns about the way something is being done.
For example, it may refer to practices when working from height, the use of toxic chemicals, workplace noise or some other area of concern, stating both the nature of the breach and the recommended action. Typically, employers will then have 21 days to ensure remedial action is taken.
However, employers may sometimes believe they have grounds for appealing an enforcement notice. To do this they must seek to appeal within 14 days. In the case of an improvement notice, this will result in suspension of the notice until the appeal is resolved; in the case of a prohibition notice, the notice will remain in force until the appeal has been heard.
Failure to comply with an enforcement notice is a very serious offence indeed and can result in fines or prison sentences. It may also result in employers being considered liable for work accident compensation claims.
Claim compensation for a work accident injury
If you've been injured at work as a result of a health and safety breach by your employer, you may be entitled to compensation.
Whether you have suffered an injury in an office, factory, construction site or other setting, if it can be proved that your employer is liable for the incident, you could be entitled to receive 100 percent work accident compensation for the incident.
The personal injury solicitors on our esteemed panel deliver claimants a legal service that is completely free of charge.
And, because we never take a cut, every penny of every settlement goes direct to the claimant.
If you'd like to speak with a legal advisor about your compensation rights, echat, complete an online claim form or call us, on 0800 10 757 .
