Action Needs To Be Taken Against Industrial Injuries

Added: (Tue Aug 24 2010)

Pressbox (Press Release) - Industrial injuries are not simply injuries that happen through an accident at work. In addition to accidents at work, there are around 70 different industrial injuries that can be caused by specific jobs. The legal firm 100%Compensation are launching an awareness drive to highlight the wide variety of industrial injuries and to advise on what action those experiencing industrial injuries should take, to ensure proper compensation and make the workplace safe.

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Industrial injuries are about much more than simply having an accident at work. People who have any kind of injury that was caused by their work, may be entitled to seek legal redress and compensation. This means that anyone who has asbestos related illnesses, who is deaf from noise at work, who has vibration white finger and so on, can be eligible to make a claim for compensation because they are classed as having some form of industrial injury.

The important thing to remember is that although the media is full of scandalous rumours about people who claim astronomical amounts in benefits, the state does not pay high amounts to people who have suffered industrial injuries. It may be as little as under £30 per week for 20% disability or, for 50% disability, less than £73 per week.

Thus someone who becomes 50% disabled, through no fault of their own, but because they worked in an occupation that was hazardous, will have less than £73 per week to compensate them for their loss.

This is why anyone who has suffered any kind of industrial injury needs to take action and ensure that they receive full, 100% of their compensation, so that when or if they cannot work, they will not have to suffer financially.

Each person who takes action also plays an important role in the prevention of future industrial injuries. The more cases that are pursued, the more firms become aware that they cannot shirk their responsibilities in terms of health and safety. They must do all that they can to ensure that the working environment becomes one that will not lead to any industrial injury or accident.

If every person who suffers an industrial injury simply sits back and does nothing, then nothing will change. But change is needed and urgently so. Everyone has the right to go to work and come home safely and people should not be expected to work in an environment that is hazardous to their health. In addition they should not be expected to be injured at work. This is not some kind of aspiration, it should be a reality.

But until people take action to ensure that they are financially recompensed for their industrial injuries, it is likely that more and more people will be injured each and every year, yet will not be compensated by the state either.

So action does need to be taken against industrial injuries, not tomorrow, not next week, but today!

For further advice and information regarding industrial injuries, legal redress and compensation, please contact the experts, 100%Compensation for free on: 0800 197 85 67.