Farm Accident Claim

An injury from dangerous machinery claim covers the severe side of negligence by a farm employer. Every farmyard has dangerous machinery which can do serious injury if used by untrained employees. 

The combine harvester, hedge cutter and front loader can kill or seriously injure an employee or visitor. 

Employers should take every care with dangerous machinery and ensure staff are fully trained in their use.

A lack of Personal Protective Equipment claim is a very simple example of an employer’s lack of duty of care to the worker. Standard gloves, masks, and clothing PPE should be available to all staff working on a farm. 

Not wearing a mask and gloves when dealing with dangerous chemicals can burn the skin and eyes. Farmer’s Lung, a disease from inhaling dust particles, is easily preventable by wearing a quality face mask. 

By not providing suitable PPE, a farm employer could be guilty of negligence, and you might be able to make a claim for farm injury compensation.

A needle stick injury claim is when a discarded needle or other sharp instrument pierces the skin. 

A used syringe needle should be capped and disposed of in a sharps bin. The same is true of suture needles and scalpels. If you pierce a finger with a needle or scalpel, you are vulnerable to blood poisoning and other infections. 

The wait before getting test results can be harrowing and cause a lot of stress.

A lifting and manual handling claim is when farm workers hurt their back moving heavy objects on the farm. Every farmyard has fertilizer bags, bales of hay, animal feed and machinery that is moved every day by staff. 

When the employer does not provide lifting equipment and training, they may be negligent in their duty of care to farm hands. 

Torn ligaments, damaged muscles, and herniated discs are seen in lifting and manual handling claims, and you might be due compensation.

Public liability claims for slips, trips, and falls by visitors to the farm area are common farm accident claims. The walker may fall on an uneven path, or the vet may slip on an unclean yard when treating the farm animals.

Leg breaks, arm injuries, strains, and sprains may result from slips, trips and falls, and a public liability claim seeks compensation for injury and damages.

A workplace injury claim for compensation for a farm injury highlights that a farm is a working area and the employers must take all care to ensure a safe workplace. 

Cuts, repetitive strains and serious injury form part of any possible workplace injury claim. 

You might have a workplace injury claim when the employer is negligent in providing a safe working environment.

A PTO accident claim is when the Power Take-Off shaft is left unguarded and injures a worker. The PTO rotates at high speed, and injuries range from amputation to disfigurement. 

The PTO shaft must be fitted with a guard to prevent clothes and hands from becoming entangled in the rotating metal. A PTO injury happens in seconds but will be with you for life. 

The guard must be fitted even when not in use, and all staff should be fully trained in preventing a PTO accident.

A negligence at work claim covers all the dangerous practices and procedures seen on farms which can lead to serious, life-changing injury. 

Unsafe handling of farm animals, poor training in using farm machinery and incorrect use of dangerous chemicals all come up time and again in negligence at work claims. 

A farm is a place of work with dangerous machinery and animals, and employees are always at risk. 

Farm owners owe employees a duty of care and should not be negligent in providing training and protection.

Injury from a falling object claim can happen from the incorrect storage of the likes of grain, animal feed and farm equipment. 

Any object falling from a height might do severe damage if it hits an employee or visitor to the yard. Brain, neck, and spinal damage are common injuries in this type of farm accident claim.

An employer has a duty of care to employees as stated in Health and Safety Act 1974. The act outlines how an employer must provide a safe working environment for an employee regardless of where they work.

The Health and Safety Act brought farms and such areas into the definition of a workplace, and farm owners have a duty of care to employees who work for them.

The six main points of the act show how a farm owner should:

The farm owner must provide a safe working environment for employees according to the Health and Safety Executive. 

It may be employer negligence if you are injured due to a breach of the act, and you could claim farming accident compensation for the damages.

Farm accident claim compensation may be awarded for an injury on a farm that was not your fault. There are many types of farm accidents and injuries, and you might be able to claim compensation when one happens to you. 

You could claim amounts from the low £10,000s to figures above the £1 million mark, depending on the severity of the injury and the financial losses involved.

Sample compensation amounts in a personal injury claim for a farming accident are as follows. Please note these are figures for the injuries only. Financial losses would apply in addition:

(The figures given here are for General Damages amounts only. You will also receive compensation for any financial losses you suffer due to the personal injury. Figures are taken from Judicial College Guidelines 16th Edition and are accurate as of April 2023.)

There is not one fixed amount in personal injury claims. The circumstances differ from person to person and claim to claim, and the amount of compensation awarded will be tailored to the circumstances of your claim. 

A No Win No Fee personal injury solicitor can give you an idea of what to expect from their experience in compensation claims.

The insurance company of the farm owner, if they have it, usually pays the compensation in a farm accident claim. The farm owner should have insurance in place to cover all farming accident claims and injury on a farm. 

A farm is a workplace, and it is also open to visitors. A farm is a dangerous place, and the cost of farming accident claims can be very high. 

You should always ask your employer about their insurance and your cover in case of a farming accident.

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If you suffer a farm accident, you are fully within your rights to make a workplace injury claim against your employer.

Under the Employment Rights Act 1996 and the Public Interest Disclosure Act 1998 your employer would be breaking the law by firing you over a workplace injury claim and would entitle you to make a claim for unfair dismissal.

You prove a farming injury claim by providing accurate evidence to support it. In some cases of serious injury, you may not be able to gather evidence on the day, but you can do at a later date. 

To gather evidence to support a farm injury claim, you should:

Evidence can form a key part of your farming accident claim and may even speed the process for your personal injury solicitor when seeking compensation.

If you have been injured in farm accident, you may be entitled to compensation. Make the fist step in making a personal injury claim today by speak to The Personal Injury Team. 

We will help with every step of the claims process and assure minimal stress for the injured party.

If you have been injured while working on a farm and it was not your fault, you may be entitled to compensation.

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