INJURY AT WORK

Friday, December 10, 2010

Work Accident Compensation | How to Claim your Compensation due to Injuries

A work accident claim is a compensation for any injury you probably have experienced as an outcome from an accident at work.  If you had an accident at work, it is necessary for you to know what you can recompensed and the process of how to make a claim. You can get compensation for financial losses ( lost income, Medical expenses, travel expenses etc),  Pain and suffering ( physical and phsycological injuries ), interest and legal expenses. This is a few  procedures to make a work injury compensation claim

Work Accident Claim Letter

Write  your name, address, and national insurance number ( UK ) or Social security number (US). Then you should briefly described how precisely the accident happened. Don’t forget to write the reason why you think your employer responsible and described what law that support your claim. You should fully explained the physical  and the pshycological injuries you got from the accident. Then Go on describe your monetary expenses and any ongoing finances as a result from your injuries. It’s very important to  prove that your employer fully responsible for any injuries you got from that accident. This can be done with a help of  professional work injury lawyer, specialized in represent clients making a claim and provide  legal advices about it.  They can access the records of your employer. There are different records which include;
•    Accident book entries – provide a description of accidents as well as other similar accidents
•    Reports - these include investigations by your employer as well as any meetings to discuss the incident
•    Health and Safety Reports – these reports are made when you are absent from work  for more than 3 days as an outcome of your injuries. Your employer must report the circumstances of your accident, and documents will be produced as findings and detailing the causes of the accident.

Bring your work accident claim to the court
If you are not succeed making a compensation claim with your letter, the next thing to do is bring your Work accident claim to court). To go through with this you must complete certain documents as well as paying a court fee and providing the courts with a medical report.
With all this information I think you will be ready to make a compensation claim. Note this. you have 3 years to make a work accident claim from the date of the accident and you should not hesitate to make a claim if you have experienced work injury as your employer should be insured by an insurance company.

Thursday, December 9, 2010

work accident lawyers | the advantage of no win no fee compensation claims

Accident at work may happen in anytime an anyplaces in your workplace. You would’nt know what kind of accident at work would happen to you until it happen.  If you have had an injury at works, which was not  your mistake or error. Don’t be hesitate, you should file a compensation claim to your employer. The injury you had may be a physical injury or it may a pshycological injuries, both are entitled of compensation. The amount of compensation that people get from work injury compensation claim will be based on the damage they had from the accident.

The main concern that people who willing to make compensation claim is the financial matter. How much money they should waste to pay the services of work  accident  lawyers. Of course with the risk that their claim will be rejected, and they will get nothing plus they have to pay the lawyer services. This main concern make some people think twice.

If you one of those people, don’t worry, there are a lot of lawyers that provide their services with no win no fee basis. The benefit is you don’t have to pay their services if you lost your compensation claim, you only pay them if you win your claim. This is why a 'No Win No Fee' arrangement is beneficial as it allows the costs to be offset until you win your case. the other benefit is the no win no fee lawyers will put all their effort to win your claim so that they will get paid if you win.

If your lawyers made it and you have won the claim, the award of damages will be done by the Courts or the insurers of the losing party. The overall setup of the 'No Win No Fee' accident compensation service has become a big success and continues like that. This has allowed all types of clients who couldn’t effort  to  paying legal fee to keep on claiming their compensation. 

Most of workers, who have had an accident at work,  will pass their chance to claim for compensation because they are afraid to lose job. The no win no fee lawyers will explain to you, that you can claim a compensation without ruin your career. Most of company, probably the company that you are working now, nowadays, has been insured by an insurance company. So the one who will pay you is the insurance company not your employers.  In making a compensation claim, company  may legally be forced to introduce new safety procedures. Not only will this stop the incident from happening again to you, but you'll also be ensuring your colleagues don't suffer the same fate.

Hence, you don’t need to feel  wrong   to get your work injury compensation claim. It has been your company duty to make sure the safety to prevent you from work injury.

Design by araba-cı | MoneyGenerator Blogger Template by GosuBlogger