Work Accident Claims

Graham Coffey & Co represent clients who have been injured in factory accidents; other industrial accidents as well as accidents which occur in offices, shops or on construction sites.

There is legislation in place to protect workers, and employers are under a legal duty to make their places of work and work equipment safe for use. However from time to time this duty is not met, and injuries can occur. Often the injured employee is not able to work and earnings can be lost as a result.

Graham Coffey & Co can assist in recovering compensation for injury, as well as any lost earnings and out of pocket expenses which may arise from the accident.

Should I make a claim?

The consequences of sustaining an injury in a work accident can be long lasting.

The law requires an employer to compensate the injured worker as long as it can be demonstrated that the employer was at fault. Employers are required to carry Employer Liability Insurance in order to operate legitimately.

The policy of insurance will kick in upon the presentation of the claim to the employer, and it is the employer liability insurer that will meet the cost of any litigation brought against the employer.

Case Studies

Joiner Injury

We represented a Mr A of Cheshire who was employed as a joiner by his company. He was instructed to work away at customer premises in order to fit a kitchen. Ordinarily, this would have been a two man job but on this particular day Mr A was told to work alone.

Mr A’s employer failed to provide him with adequate work equipment, in this case a mobile work bench, in order to secure the length of wood that he was cutting at the time. Unfortunately, the unsecured wood slipped, and so did the power tool that Mr A was holding. This caused a deep wound to his hand, as well as nerve and tendon damage which had to be repaired by surgeons at Hospital. 

Due to injuries sustained after his work accident, Mr A was unable to work for several months. Graham Coffey & Co’s team of lawyers fought the case and recovered an award of more than £20,000.00 for Mr A.

Rugby Coach Injury

Mr W was employed by a rugby team as head coach and was injured as he unloaded tackle shields from the team bus.As the holding strap on the tackle shield broke the claimant suffered injury to his wrist and forearm.

On behalf of the claimant we pursued the employer for using poorly maintained work equipment.
Having secured a very early admission of fault from the insurer we guided the claimant through not only the gathering of medical evidence from a prominent hand/wrist surgeon, but also through the rehabilitation process. We focused not only on the compensation claim but upon the claimants desire to return to work and what would be an enforced career change.

We secured a payment of over £25,000 compensation.

Making a work accident claim

In the majority of cases an injured employee has a period of three years from the date of accident in which to lodge papers at court and thereby commence proceedings against the employer. 

In certain cases an employee may argue that they only became aware of the condition which they developed whilst working for the employer some time after the employment finished; or perhaps beyond the three year cut off date. In this scenario the injured employee will bring a claim based upon an assumed date of knowledge.

Need Our Help?

Contact us here If you have been injured in this way and are looking to make a work accident compensation claim, please contact our team who will be happy to assist.