You may be feeling some uncertainty by not knowing exactly what you are eligible to make a claim for or how much your potential work injury compensation claim is worth when you’ve been the subject of a work place injury, so the best thing to do is to get in contact with a solicitor as soon as you can.
Quite simply, nobody can give you more information on your specific circumstances with regards to work accident compensation than a qualified specialist solicitor can.
The type and severity of the damages you may have suffered as a result of your accident or injury will determine how much money you may be awarded as compensation, with the damages awarded being on the basis of one or more of the following…
If you’ve had to endure pain and/or suffering
The amount of pain you suffered as a result of the accident you were involved in will determine how much money you receive. The greater the amount of pain you have suffered the more compensation you are typically likely to receive.
If the pain if your accident or injury is ongoing, then the amount of compensation you receive is likely to be greater to reflect the future suffering.
An example of this may be if you had a trip in the workplace and badly sprained or broke your ankle…
If this was a clean break that headed quickly with no ongoing problems, then you would receive less compensation that you would do if you had to walk on crutches for a year in constant pain.
The amount of suffering that you go through is in direct proportion to the amount of compensation that you should be eligible for.
Loss of earnings due to a workplace accident
If the accident or injury that you have sustained results in a loss of earnings, then you may be able to obtain some money in compensation from the person that was responsible or more accurately, through their liability insurance that has been set up for situations exactly like this.
For example, if you were injured on a building site due to negligence by the site owner which resulted in you not being able to work — and therefore not being able to earn money to make a living — you could be entitled to compensation from them.
The effect of a workplace accident on your general lifestyle
If you’ve suffered any type of injury that affects the enjoyment of your personal life, you may also be entitled to compensation for that damage.
Examples of this range from the inability to enjoy a holiday that you had planned because you slipped and broke your arm, to damages that you might receive because something has effected you sufficiently, in a psychological way, that you are no longer able to socialise in the same way that you were before the accident happened.
Travel Expenses due to workplace accidents
If you injury has resulted in the need for you to travel, either to get help for those injuries, or for another reason entirely, then you may also be eligible for compensation to cover those out-of-pocket expenses.
As a general rule, if you incur any expense that you wouldn’t have had to, had it not been for the accident or injury that you sustained, then you are in a position where you may be eligible for compensation if the liability for the cause of the accident can be attributed to an individual or company.
