Are you an employer? Are you self-employed? Are you responsible for work premises under RIDDOR? You need to report some types of work-related accidents and accident at work, diseases and dangerous occurrences.

The following must be reported:

      Member of the public, taken to hospital  

       Dangerous occurrences

     Major injuries

       Work related / industrial disease

       Any injury more than 3 days.

       Death

Timescales for reporting incidents?

All timescales for reporting accident at work vary. This mainly depends on the following

       Any  dangerous occurrences should be reported straight away

       Immediately after a doctor has diagnosed a work related disease.

        Any injury more than 3-days should be reported within 10 days.

       Death or major injuries need to be reported immediately

Have you suffered an accident at work? If so, you may well be able to claim compensation from your employer's insurance company.

Work injury can be defined as any accident at work that could have been avoided. And if the work injury were not your fault, you're entitled to reasonable financial compensation.

Our solicitors, who are all fully qualified members of The Law Society panel of personal injury experts.

We offer free advice on claims for accidents at work including:

Exposure to avoidable health risks causing accidents at work

Lack of safety equipment causing accidents at work

Exposure to unnecessary hazards or health risk causing accidents at work

Faulty machinery causing accidents at work

Poorly maintained machinery causing accident at work

Unsafe working conditions causing accidents at work

If You Have Suffered a motor accident, whiplash injury, accident at work, medical negligence, faulty goods, criminal injury, slip or trip, industrial injury, accident in a public place or would just like some advice, please don't hesitate to give us a call on 08000 71 22 71 for any personal injury, medical negligence, road traffic accident, no win no fee accident claims