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It is sometimes argued that health and safety culture is trying to create a system where no work accidents at all happen ever. This approach may come from those resistant to HSE impositions, who believe it leads to expensive and impossible situations for employers, or from over-zealous employee health officers who think of it as a good thing.
Perhaps in response to this attitude, whichever side it comes from, the Institution of Occupational Safety and Health invited a large company's health and safety co-ordinator to challenge this concept in its official magazine.
Describing it as "Myth no. 1", he argued that aiming for zero lost-time accidents at work (i.e. those that cause the employee who suffered personal injury to take time off) is "simply nonsense". He argues that, rather than aiming for the unrealistic goal of an entirely accident-free environment, employers should simply aim to keep the level of danger to that of "life risk."
For the purposes of an employer, though, the sight of a health and safety professional acknowledging that industrial accidents are to be expected should not be taken as carte blanche - it is clearly a limited acceptance, and one that still demands that efforts should be made to avoid reasonably predictable incidents through equipment, safeguards and training for employees, or accident at work compensation claims may be a possible option for the injured party.
There is an awkwardness in this situation, of course, in that there is always going to be a grey area between what is obviously reasonable and what is clearly unreasonable. Employers who are worried about their grey areas have professionals who can advise them on their risk assessments before an accident occurs, and this is highly advisable.
Finding a compensation solicitor following a work accident
If you have suffered an accident at work that you believe is, or might be, the employer's fault, you may be eligible for compensation for your losses. Here at YouClaim, we can offer cost-free and pressure-free advice to help you decide which side of the grey area you are in.
If you decide that your employer should be held liable - and it will be your decision - we can also provide you with cost-free representation in your compensation claim. Not only do we work on a no win, no fee basis, but we ensure that neither our fees nor any other related costs will be your responsibility, win or lose. And our 100 percent compensation guarantee ensures that you receive every penny in a won case.
You can rely on our professionalism, as all members of our industrial injury panel are drawn from UK firms governed by the Solicitors Regulation Authority.
For more information, or to discuss the specifics of your work accident case, please call us on 0800 10 757 95, chat to us online, or complete our claim form and one of our advisors will contact you.
