Accidents and injuries at work and school
Leigh Day & Co lawyers are experts at handling claims for accidents at work such as may occur in a factory, on a construction site or even in the office or at school or college.
Each year thousands of people have an accident at work in the UK who may be entitled to claim compensation. Many of them suffer terrible injuries that can destroy their lives and those of their families. Our team of specialist personal injury lawyers has extensive experience in handling compensation claims for people who have suffered catastrophic injuries, including
amputation, severe
brain and
spinal injuries.
Injuries at work happen for number of reasons, often because the employer has breached one of a number of laws covering health and safety at work. Leigh Day & Co solicitors are experts at successfully representing people who have been injured at work in their claims for compensation. Serious injury specialist law firm Leigh Day is recognised as one of the country's best firms of solicitors able to represent clients with complex and serious
brain and
spinal injury claims. Four of our personal injury solicitors, including three partners are members of the Law Society's personal injury panel.
Accident at work claims
Personal injury solicitors at Leigh Day have secured significant amounts of compensation for clients who have been injured or died after:
- Falling from an unprotected boiler platform
- Falling from unprotected scaffolding
- Suffering a crush injury in a paper manufacturing plant leading to a below the knee amputation
- Experiencing serious brain injury after being hit by falling steel pallets
- Suffering severe crush injuries from a falling JCB
- Experiencing serious lacerations from an unprotected cutting machine
- Suffering severe cuts from a defective circular saw
- Tripping on loose wires in an office
- Slipping on wet stairs
- Suffering an amputation injury in a farming accident
News
The Lofstedt review of health and safety regulations in the UK has been published
HSE release annual health and safety statistics
The Health and Safety Executive recently announced new reporting arrangements
The Government’s desire to cut red tape may result in more accident at work claims
Partial loss of finger settlement of £70,000
Five men were killed in an explosion in Boston, Lincolnshire
Defective circular saw injury left carpenter seriously injured and unable to continue with his work in the UK
Company found guilty of corporate manslaughter
The family of a Polish man has received substantial compensation after he died in a workplace accident
A Polish tiler has received substantial compensation after falling from scaffolding
Leonard Ashworth has received compensation after losing his right leg below the knee after an accident at work
Mr M has received damages of £2.5m as a result of catastrophic injuries that he suffered in an accident at work back in 2002. He was represented by Leigh Day partner Daniel Easton.