Practices & Procedures at Work

Every workplace needs to follow certain rules to ensure the safety of the employees. Although employees have to take care and not put themselves at unnecessary risk, it’s your employer that ultimately must make sure that the correct practices and procedures at work are adhered to.

If you have been injured in a workplace accident because someone had acted dangerously by not following practices and procedures, we can help you make a work accident compensation claim. Claim Compensation Now.

Creating a Safe Workplace

A number of things can be done to create a safe working environment for employers, employees and visitors alike. By following safety rules and regulations, the threat of injury-causing accidents becomes significantly less.

A risk assessment should be the first step for any employer who is planning to carry out work that may case danger to staff members. This is designed to make those involved consider any possible risk involved so they are aware of this, and then take steps to ensure that no accident is caused.

Failure to carry out a risk assessment is often seen as an accident waiting to happen and gives an employer no legal ground if one or more of their staff has suffered injuries by something that could have been avoided.

All workplaces will have their own safety rules, and all employees should be trained on these on their induction to a new job. As well as this, employers may decide it would be beneficial to have regular safety meetings to keep staff updated with recent developments, as well as refresh their minds of current policies.

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Dangerous Practices and Procedures at Work

The following would be considered a dangerous practice or procedure:

Failing to properly secure a ladder or use ladder ‘feet’ for better grip.
Failing to provide appropriate lighting in potential tripping hazard areas.
Failing to provide personal protective equipment for staff.
Not being trained to lift heavy objects properly.
Standing on a table or chair to reach up somewhere high.
Standing on the top step of a ladder.
Using dangerous machinery with no training.

All of these cases can lead to serious injury, yet all accidents could be avoided if the correct training has been put in place to educate staff about the risks involved in carrying out such work.

Many workplace accidents end up being investigated by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE). This is because there is legislation in place that has been developed over time aimed at protecting members of staff from the risk of accident and injury. If a workplace is found to have broken rules set by the HSE, it is likely that, following an investigation, the employer or company will face a hefty fine, and in the most severe of cases being shut down completely.

Help Making a Work Accident Compensation Claim

If you have suffered an injury at work, and it has happened in the last three years, you may be entitled to claim work accident compensation. At PIC Claim we can help make this process much easier for you.

Our experienced personal injury solicitors are expert at issuing a legal claim against the party responsible for your accident. This, in the vast majority of cases in workplace accidents is the employer, who is usually found to be negligent of not protecting your safety or training you or colleagues appropriately.

Even if you are on good terms with your employer, current or past, it is still important that you make a claim. As time is of the limit (three years from the date of your accident), you cannot change your mind after this has passed. They will also not suffer any financial loss as employers are covered by liability insurance to protect staff in the even of injury.

For further, detailed information about how PIC Claim can get you compensation for a work accident, whether or not dangerous practices and procedures have occurred at your workplace, call us on 08000 93 33 93, where one of our claims handlers will be happy to assist you.

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