PERSONAL

Workplace Related Claims

When an accident does occur at work it is not necessary to prove fault on the part of the employer. Whilst the employer owes the employee various duties, essentially the employers have a duty to take reasonable care for the employee's safety and well-being.

There are various risks at work, sometimes to do with the workplace itself, its machinery and equipment, manual handling, or the lack of or inadequacy of protective equipment. There are substances hazardous to health giving rise to asbestosis, asthma, solvent based exposure and respiratory damage. Fletcher & Lawson can assist, among other things, with claims in all of these areas, together with cases of vibration white finger, industrial deafness and work related upper limb disorders.

Growing areas of enquiry relate to psychiatric as opposed to physical injuries arising from work, this within the context of stress related claims and bullying at work (which frequently inter-relate).