Common Work Accidents in Various Types of Workplaces

Each type of workplace has a tendency to be prone to certain kinds of recurrent accidents. Like a construction site is prone to trip and fall, head injuries, etc. Each kind of injury has a different disabling effect on the accident victim. Here are some common accidents related to certain work sites.

Industrial accidents

Industrial manufacturing and production areas are highly prone to accidents. Protective gears are compulsory for all the employees here. The work is physically demanding and mandates that the workers are given proper breaks to refresh themselves. Lack of attention and faulty equipments are the two main reasons for accidents in such places.

Accidents from slips, trip and fall, faulty machinery, ladders, tools falling from a height, injury while lifting goods, injuries to eyes and ears causing blindness or deafness, head and back injuries are some common problems that are seen in a factory. All this are eligible for work compensation.

Chemical factories, Labs and health care facilities

Contracting diseases and hazardous substances are very common affair in chemical industry, hospitals and research & development labs. Working with harmful chemicals or biological substances may have immediate effect in some cases. However, in rare cases such as arsenic poisoning, asbestos, lead poisoning and biological agents such as HIV, the effects come out very slowly taking months and sometime years to reveal the injury or disease.

Proper masks and safety training should be provided to each and every employee in such workplaces. This way, they can not only safe guard themselves but also prevent others from contracting any deadly disease. It has been seen that carelessness is the main factor for accidents in such places.

Domestic workplaces and offices accidents

Domestic places present less opportunity for any kind of major injury, yet accidents do happen. These places are common for personal injuries such as Carpal tunnel, depression, neck injury, repetitive stress injury, etc. cuts, burns and lacerations are very common. Nothing fatal usually happens. But the possibility cannot be ruled out.

These injuries can be claimed compensation from the employer. The claim is usually covered under the employee's contract. The employee can claim for pain and suffering, loss of income and loss of pension.

Your compensation lawyer will calculate your claim by taking into consideration the loss of income, the medical and nursing care expenses you had incurred, multiplying all that with a pain factor. The pain factor is a value that determines the range of your compensation. This pain factor is between 1.5 and 5. The more severe the injury, the higher the pain factor and hence higher gets the range of compensation.

All compensations have a higher and lower range. To obtain the maximum benefit, you have to prove all the claims with an expert work accident claims solicitors.