Pages On: Knee Injury
An injured knee is a horribly painful thing, even in only minor injuries. Long term, a knee injury can cause complications for even simple things, such as walking. This is why, regardless of the severity of the injury, compensation awards are there to reflect changes in the quality of life for the claimant, as well as their access to work and future earnings. If you’ve suffered a knee injury in an accident that wasn’t your fault, you may be entitled to personal injury compensation.
Knee Injury Compensation Claims in Bristol
Posted in: Knee Injury, Personal Injury
If you have suffered a knee injury in Bristol, or you live or work in the city, then you might be eligible to make a knee injury compensation claim. In simple terms, our solicitors** can help people who were hurt in an accident or assault where the injuries were due to someone else’s negligence. This could be a result of a car accident, an accident at work, a criminal assault, a sporting injury, being hurt whilst on holiday, or a medical negligence. In its most basic form, knee injury claims…
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Risk assessments could have made a difference to seriously injured worker
Posted: 25 April 2013
Posted in: Foot Injuries, Head and Brain Injuries, Knee Injury, Spine & Back Injuries, Workplace Injuries
A Portsmouth steel manufacturer was sentenced earlier this week, after one of its workers suffered life-changing injuries when he was hit by a falling 1.4 tonne steel beam. An HSE investigation found that the company had not carried out a proper assessment of the risks involved in the particular work process, and so had failed to put in simple safety measures that would have prevented beams from being knocked and becoming dangerously unstable. The worker, a fabricator/welder, who does not wish to be named, suffered numerous injuries including a fractured…
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