Warehouse Injury Claim

Common warehouse injury claims range from being hit by a forklift to a slip on an oily floor or a manual handling lifting injury due to a lack of training. The warehouse can be a dangerous place to work, and your employer owes you a duty of care when working in the warehouse. 

If the warehouse injury is due to negligence by your employer, you could have a workplace claim for compensation. In a warehouse accident claim, you seek damages for the effects of the injury and its effects on your life today and in the future. 

Common claims for a warehouse injury are:

A slip, trip and fall in the warehouse can result in many types of injury. A fall from a height can break bones, a trip over poorly stored goods can cause nerve damage, and a slip on an oily surface can tear muscles and damage the back. 

Types of slip, trip and fall injuries can be:

A slip, trip and fall in the warehouse can have you off work, and you could need long-term medical care.

Injury in a lifting accident can be a bulging disc in the back or severed toes from a dropped pallet. A lifting accident should not happen, but it can from a lack of lifting equipment or when staff are not supervised or trained correctly. 

Types of lifting injury in the warehouse:

Injury in a lifting accident in the warehouse may affect your life, and you can claim compensation for the workplace injury. 

An injury due to a fall from a height in the warehouse can be severe, and the effects could be with you for life. You may need to change jobs, and finding employment can be difficult with a long-term workplace injury. 

Injuries seen due to a fall from a height in the warehouse:

In a warehouse injury claim, you can seek compensation for your injuries and their effects on your life.

A warehouse forklift accident injury like a broken shoulder or nerve damage can happen easily in a busy workplace. A forklift can move quickly, and injury can occur due to a lack of training and supervision. 

Warehouse forklift accident injuries can be:

If you are injured in a warehouse forklift accident, you could have a claim for compensation.

An injury in the warehouse due to a lack of training can be due to a breach of duty of care by the employer. Every employer should ensure you are trained for your job, and you should not be asked to do work for which you have not been trained. 

Injuries seen in the warehouse due to a lack of training:

A compensation claim can seek damages when injured in the warehouse due to a lack of training.

Injury in the warehouse due to faulty equipment can happen in a poorly managed workplace where the employer is negligent in their duty of care to employees. 

An injury in the warehouse due to faulty equipment can be:

A warehouse injury can cause severe injury and have a lasting effect on your life. If you or a loved one is injured in the workplace, you may be able to seek compensation in a warehouse injury claim.

A workplace injury claim is for compensation for an injury caused at work, such as when you break a leg in a warehouse accident. Your employer owes you a duty of care, and when they breach that duty of care, causing you a warehouse injury, you may have a workplace injury claim. 

Employers have a legal duty to provide a safe place to work. A workplace may be the warehouse, the factory, a building site or even the company van, but your employer has a duty of care to you once you are ‘on the clock.’   

The warehouse is a busy place, and employers must make it a safe place for employees and visitors. 

Every employer owes a duty of care to employees and avoid warehouse accidents by:

You could suffer a warehouse injury when moving boxes, driving the forklift or in a fall from a height when storing stock in the warehouse. 

You may have a workplace injury claim if you suffer a warehouse injury that was not your fault or only partially your fault.

The Health and Safety at Work Act of 1974 lays out the responsibilities of employers and employees when creating a safe workplace for all. A warehouse injury may be avoidable if the employer follows the Health and Safety Act. 

The Act covers every aspect of health and safety in the workplace for the UK and has proved invaluable in the 50 years since its inception. 

Standardisation of health and safety guidance makes it clear what is expected in the workplace from employers and employees. Under the 1974 Act, employers know where their duty of care to employees and members of the public lies. 

In the same vein, employees are made aware of their duty of care to their fellow employees when at work. The Act also covers the self-employed and the expectations around them as employers and when in the workplace. 

The Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 is also known as the HSWA, the HASAWA, the HSW Act and sometimes simply the 1974 Act. 

The Act is clear in what the expectations are for everyone in the workplace and how breaches of it may be prosecuted in the courts and be subject to fines or compensation claims when injury results.

 You may be able to make a claim for a workplace injury, such as a warehouse injury, if your employer breaches the HSW Act, leading to your accident.

No, you cannot lose your job for making a warehouse injury claim against an employer. Every employer has a duty of care to you and must provide a safe working environment. If you suffer an injury due to a breach of an employer’s duty of care, you could have a workplace injury claim. 

If you are injured in a warehouse accident such as facial lacerations from falling boxes or torn ligaments in a warehouse fall you have a right to bring a claim for compensation. An employer cannot sack you for taking a personal injury claim; if they do, it is considered unfair dismissal. 

Your employer must not make life difficult for you, such as transferring you to another section of the warehouse or changing your working hours to more unsocial shifts. It is considered constructive dismissal if they make your work environment unwelcoming after you make a workplace injury claim. 

You can claim compensation without the fear of losing your job if you suffer any injury in a warehouse while in the workplace.

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The Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations 1998 outline the duties owners of work equipment have to employees and members of the public.

 The Act, known as PUWER, covers all equipment such as machinery, tools and appliances used in the workplace and involves using, starting, stopping, storing and servicing requirements. 

The PUWER Act 1998 ensures all work equipment, including warehouse machinery such as a forklift or lifting device, is:

An employer’s breach of the Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations 1998 could be a breach of their duty of care.

If you suffer an injury due to an employer’s duty of care, you may have a workplace accident claim for compensation.

The Supply of Machinery (Safety) Regulations 2008 ensure that manufacturers supply equipment in the workplace that meets all relevant Health and Safety requirements. 

All working parts of machinery must match the safety standards, and equipment must only be supplied by employers for employees to use in the warehouse that meets the 2008 regulations. 

If the supplier of the warehouse machinery fails to meet the regulations, the employers must not provide it for use in the warehouse. 

An employer’s breach of duty of care by supplying equipment that does not meet safety standards could lead to a warehouse injury and a compensation claim by an employee. 

Your No Win No Fee personal injury solicitor can make your warehouse injury claim for compensation and guide you through all the legal steps in making the claim.

To make a claim for warehouse injury compensation, there are usually a few standard steps to follow. We will guide you through the entire process from first contact through to the conclusion of your claim.

Evidence to support your warehouse injury claim should help show that the accident was not wholly your fault and someone else was at least partially responsible. 

A warehouse injury can develop over several months or years after the fall from a height or collision with a forklift, but you will still need evidence to make a claim. 

You will need to gather as much evidence as possible to prove your warehouse injury claim, and the more evidence you have to support the workplace accident claim, the better it will be.

When gathering evidence to support your warehouse injury claim, you should:

Every piece of evidence may be crucial in your warehouse injury claim. You do not know what the negligent party will dispute or claim when the case begins. 

Your No Win No Fee solicitor may use the evidence against the negligent party in any possible workplace injury claim.

Use our online assessment tool today to determine how much you can claim for your warehouse injury. The torn ligaments, nerve damage, bad back or damaged knee you suffer in a warehouse injury may be with you for life, and you may be able to claim compensation for the damages involved. 

The Personal Injury Team FREE online assessment tool will put you in direct touch with one of our team, who will give you a full rundown of what can happen with your warehouse injury claim. 

Compensation amounts for a warehouse injury claim vary, and expert advice from one of our team members can help you with an idea of compensation for this common workplace injury.  

Only by contacting one of our team will you get a warehouse injury claim up and running today. 

Contact your Personal Injury Team today for immediate and expert warehouse injury advice tailored to you.