Work Accident Resources
If you are thinking about claiming compensation after an accident at work, we can help. Explore FAQs, articles and other resources to help injured workers research their rights and claim compensation.
Start with our guide to work accident compensation claims.
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Work accidents FAQs
Eligibility to claim
- Can I make a work injury claim for psychiatric harm?
- Existing medical condition worsened - can I claim?
- How Different Workplace Injuries Affect the Claim Deadline
- I am a new employee - can I claim?
- I am a volunteer - can I claim?
- I am self-employed - can I claim?
- I don't know who's to blame - can I claim?
- I have left the company - can I claim?
- I haven't taken time off work - can I claim?
- I was injured by a colleague - can I claim?
- I'm not sure who is responsible - how do I claim?
- I'm on a zero-hours contract: Can I make a work injury claim?
- My employer went bust - can I claim?
- My employer's insurer went bust - can I claim?
- My injury was my fault - can I claim?
- No witnesses - can i still claim?
- There is no record in the accident book record - can I claim?
- What is the time limit for starting an injury claim?
- What is vicarious liability in a personal injury claim?
Funding your claim
- Can I get Legal Aid for a personal injury claim?
- How much does it cost to claim?
- Is it possible to claim compensation for a minor injury?
- What is a Conditional Fee Agreement (CFA)?
- Why do injury solicitors all charge the same 25% success fee?
- Will I have to pay if I withdraw my claim?
Negotiating your claim
- Dealing directly with insurers - will my claim be faster?
- How long does an insurer take to settle a claim?
- Should I accept a Pre-Medical (Pre-Med) offer?
- Should I Accept a Without Prejudice Offer? What are the Risks?
- When's the best time to accept an offer?
Tax and benefits
Making a claim
- Can fitness tracker data be used in a claim?
- Can I claim for someone else?
- Claim accident at work compensation
- Claiming for both physical and psychological injuries
- Do I have to use a local solicitor?
- Do I have to use my insurer's solicitor?
- How are claims handled for 'anonymous' or 'protected parties'?
- How long will my claim take?
- How often do injury claims go to court and what if they do?
- How to choose the right injury solicitor
- How to make a group (multi-party) claim
- I cannot work - what can I claim for?
- I've lost my claim in court - what happens next?
- No response from defendant - what happens next?
- The Injury Claim Process: A Step-by-Step Guide
- What are my chances of winning?
- What evidence do I need to make a claim?
- What is a litigation friend?
- What is the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA)
- What mistakes do claimants often make?
- What should I do following a work accident?
- What to expect on an initial call for an injury claim
- Who pays injury compensation: the employer or the insurer?
- Why might a solicitor reject my claim?
- Will I get full sick pay if I am injured at work?
- Will I have to go to a solicitor's office?
- Your action plan after a work accident
Medical report
- I didn't get medical attention - can I claim?
- Medical assessment - can it be carried out locally?
- What happens during a medical exam?
- Will I need a medical exam?
Calculating your compensation
- Injury Compensation: Claim for Lost Earnings, Overtime & More
- Can I claim for physio and care costs?
- Complete list of claimable losses in an Injury claim
- How do I 'mitigate and minimise' losses?
- How to get an Interim Injury Compensation Payment?
- What are 'reasonable losses'?
- What are general and special damages?
Your rights
- Can I Make a Homeworking Injury Claim?
- Applying the PPE regulations to work injury claims
- Are there any risks in claiming against my employer?
- Can I claim if I work in a high-risk industry?
- Compensation Act 2006
- Compensation Scheme for Radiation Linked Diseases
- Construction (Design and Management) Regulations
- Could a work injury claim stop me getting another job?
- Could I lose my job if I make a claim?
- Diffuse Mesothelioma Compensation Payment Scheme
- Electricity At Work Regulations 1989
- Health and Safety at Work Act of 1974
- I have under-settled my claim - what can I do?
- I was Injured and it Wasn't my Fault - What are my Rights?
- Management of Health & Safety at Work Regulations 1999
- Manual Handling Operations Regulations 1992
- Personal Protective Equipment at Work Regulations 2022 (PPER)
- Pneumoconiosis etc (Workers' Compensation Act) 1979
- Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations 2013 (RIDDOR)
- Supply of Machinery (Safety) Regulations 2008
- UK Work Injury Statistics 2023
- What are the weight-lifting restrictions in the workplace?
- What reasonable adjustments should work make?
- When should I return to work after a work accident?
- Work at Height Regulations (WAHR)
- Working Time Regulations 1998
Workplaces
- Agency worker injury claims
- Armed forces injury claims
- Building site injury claims
- Catering injury claims
- Cinema accident claims
- Cleaner injury claims
- Electrician work injury claims
- Factory accident injury claims
- Farm injury claims
- Firefighter injury claims
- Garage injury claims
- Hairdresser illness or injury claims
- Leisure centre injury claims
- Negligent decorator injury claims
- Night shift injury claims
- Oil rig injury claims
- Part-time worker injury claims
- Pub or bar injury claims
- Public park accident claims
- Refuse collector injury claims
- Restaurant injury and illness claims
- Retail worker injury claims
- Roofer injury claims
- School accident claims
- Shopping centre injury claims
- Supermarket injury claims
- Waiter and waitress injury claims
- Warehouse injury claims
- Work accident claims
Work injuries
- Acoustic shock claims
- Air conditioning illness claims
- Angle grinding injury claims
- Cherry picker injury claims
- Cold injury claims
- Crane accident injury claims
- Crush injury claims
- Dangerous machinery injury claims
- Defective work equipment injury claims
- Dermatitis claims
- Digger accident injury claims
- Electric shock injury claims
- Falling object injury claims
- Faulty wiring injury claims
- Forklift truck injury claims
- Health and safety breach injury claims
- Inadequate lighting injury claims
- Inadequate protective equipment claims
- Inadequate training injury claims
- Ladder injury claims
- Latex allergy injury claims
- Manual handling injury claims
- Overuse injury claims
- Passive smoking claims
- Scaffolding injury claims
- Slip, trip or fall injury claims
- Smoke inhalation claims
- Tractor accident injury claims
- Work assault claims
- Work-related illness claims
Industrial disease
- Claim industrial chemicals exposure compensation
- Industrial Injuries Disablement Benefit - Can I claim?
- Air pollution claims
- Asbestos-related claims
- Carbon monoxide poisoning claims
- Chemical gas inhalation claims
- Contaminated soil poisoning claims
- Hazardous substances claims
- Industrial deafness claims
- Industrial disease claims
- Lead poisoning claims
- Lung cancer claims
- Mercury poisoning claims
- Mesothelioma claims
- Noise-induced hearing loss claims
- Occupational asthma claims
- PVC exposure claims
- Radiation exposure claims
- Respiratory and lung disease claims
- Silicosis claims
- Spillage injury claims
- Trichloroethylene (TCE) exposure claims
- Vibration White Finger claims
- Welding illness claims
- Work-related illness claims
- Work-related upper limb disorder claims
- Workplace cancer claims