Any person that works with machinery could be in danger of suffering an injury due to a machinery accident. In order to minimise this risk of injury, all responsible employers should take certain precautions. This includes ensuring that machinery is properly maintained, that all machinery have the correct safety guards attached, that staff are provided with the appropriate personal protective equipment (PPE), and that all staff are adequately trained to use the machinery safety.
The most common injuries sustained from machinery accidents at work are hand and finger injuries. This is often due to workers getting their hands and fingers caught in the machinery. Hand and finger injuries caused by machinery accidents can include lacerations, broken bones, crush injuries and tendon and nerve damage.
If you have had an accident at work involving machinery in the workplace, you could be entitled to make a machinery accident compensation claim. To be eligible to make a machinery accident claim, the accident must have happened within the past three years and must have caused you a personal injury.
For further information about machinery accident claims, or to find out if you may be entitled to make a no win no fee machinery accident claim, contact the National Accident Helpline on 0800 6783 601 or complete our online personal injury claim form.
Our team of work accident solicitors work on a no win no fee basis. No win no fee means that if your claim is not successful, you do not pay your solicitor a penny.