Work Accident

It is the responsibility of your employers to ensure that the area in and around your workplace is extremely safe for their employees. The employers are legally required to incorporate appropriate safety measures in the work place, depending upon the type of work being carried out in the premises. If an employee gets injured at the workplace or meets a work accident, then the authorities are also liable to bear his or her medical expenses or otherwise the employee has all the legal and civil rights to file a claim against the employers in the court.

Trips, falls and other serious physical injuries are more common in factories and construction areas. But if you work in an office in which you are not required to do any physical labour but have to sit for long hours on a single seat, then it is the responsibility of the employers to provide with comfortable chairs so that you do not suffer from back pain, lumbar sprains or muscle strains. Lighting, proper ventilation and other conditions should also be ensured by the employers so that their employees work in a stress free environment. It is also the responsibility of the employers to warn the employees beforehand about any related risks involved in the operations carried out at the workplace.

Suitable training must also be given to the new employees, not only for the safety of the employees but also for their colleagues. Employers should also make sure that their employees are not put at any risk by the other workers. They should also ensure that their employees do not come drunk to the workplace, which will put other employees also at serious risk. If the employers are found negligent towards their responsibilities, then they are totally liable to get compensated in case they meet a work accident at the work place.

If you have met an accident at your work place and have decided that it happened due to the ignorance and negligence of your employers, then you have to make your claim within 3 years of the accident or within 3 years of diagnosing the problem caused due to the work environment. Your case becomes stronger if you had already warned your employers about the factor that may cause injury to the employees and your employers did not take any action to make things better. Although claiming compensation against your employers may upset them and you may fear that you may lose your job, you must know that your employers do not have any legal right to terminate you because you filed a compensation claim against them.