At some point it is possible that you may face an injury in your life, one which was not your fault. The injury could be one which was sustained in a road traffic accident, a slip, trip or fall whilst out shopping or you may have injured yourself tripping over a misplaced object at work. Whatever the cause of the injury if you are injured, or have been injured in the past three years then it is your legal right, and you are entitled to make compensation claims.

COMMON AND LESSER COMMON TYPES OF INJURY CLAIMED ABOUT

There are common types of re-occurring accidents which are popular to the Compensation claims market. The most commonly seen involve:

ROAD  AND TRAFFIC ACCIDENT CLAIMS – you could be a cyclist, a motorcyclist, a pedestrian or a driver or a passenger travelling in a car and you are eligible to claim compensation for any injury incurred in the accident , where proven that the accident was not your fault. Compensation claims resulting from traffic accidents are vastly diverse and each claimant’s circumstances will differ, depending on the accident, the severity of the accident, the injuries sustained and the severity of those injuries sustained.

Whiplash is commonly reported whereby compensation claims is made following a traffic accident.

PERSONAL INJURY – these types of injuries can be obtained from a number of accident scenarios. Common to the personal injury compensation claims workload are Slips, Trips and fall claims where you may have tripped on a badly maintained road, Criminal Injury resulting from a criminal activity where you may have been assaulted or mugged or more serious violent crime. As in all compensation claims it is vital that the liability of the accident where the injury occurred is not your fault.

One recent report showed that there are a staggering 2.5million Accident at Work claims admitted every year.

ACCIDENTS AT WORK – The number of Accidents at Work makes up for a relative proportion of the compensation claims market also. The ranges of accidents which can occur at work are diverse and relative to the many types of workplace in existence. From tripping over hazardous coffee spilled on the floor and breaking your leg to the more serious injuries received by army and military personnel and those in dangerous jobs, any injury is still eligible to a compensation claim, whatever the injury is. A survey overseen by The Department of Work and Pensions Compensation Recovery Unit revealed that there were 78 744 such cases of accident at work in 2009/10 which resulted in the liability lying on the shoulders of the employer. A further report overseen by the Health and Safety Executive suggested that there were 2.1million work related illness reports made in 2007-2008 with an extra 229 000 work injury reports and an added lesser work injury reports of 16 771 reported.

Of white collar and office type work environments it was reported that of all accidents occurring 50% of these were slipping and tripping at work, whilst 25% of these involved accidents whilst heavy lifting. Of these accidents, around one third of the injury bearers resulted in requiring at least 3 days absent from work to recover from the accident.

Other lesser types of injury which makes up the compensation claims markets claim workload includes Public Transport accidents, Sports Injury Claims, Accidents on Holiday, Whiplash claims, Medical Negligence, Professional Negligence, Major Disasters claims, and rarely Dog and Animal attack cases. Industrial Diseases are growing in the number of claims it produces as the industry sector evolves.  As work equipment and tools evolve owing to technological advances, the claims for injury coming forward from industries such as building for example are induced. Industrial Deafness or Noise Induced Hearing Loss is a common type of Industrial Disease claimed about.

WHAT COMPENSATION CLAIMS DO

Compensation claims do exactly what they claim to do in that they provide you with compensation for your injury. Not only will your claim help you seek out compensation at a crucial time following an accident but they provide you with a way to protect your legal rights by making a claim. In the report mentioned it was reported that 50% of claimants who have been injured have reported to have made their compensation claims, not for the sake of the financial compensation payable but for the prevention of another unsuspecting victim from falling to the same fate, for example where one has had an accident on a known dangerous car accident hotspot. The claimants have reported that they hope the hotspot will be bought to the attention of the relevant party and will prevent further accidents.

Your compensation claim will aim to award you suitable financial compensation which is fitting to your injury. Common injuries are categorised in to levels of compensation awarded which the awardees will work in accordance to.  The further amounts of compensation paid will be extended to the damage done when at the accident scene. For example, in a case of you falling over a hazard at work and spraining an ankle and returning to work two weeks later will fetch far less compensation as the recovery period will be less demanding. Where the injury is fatal or life threatening,  the compensation claims  will be prolonged and the compensation will take the severity of the injury and the aftercare and increased medical costs in to consideration, such as a brain injury or spinal injury or amputation of limbs cases,  where the injury has lasting effects on your life.

In addition to meeting the immediate medical bills and all medical related costs induced your compensation will consider any further damages costs, such as damage to vehicles in accidents or criminal damage to your possessions and property in Criminal Injury compensation claims. Loss of any employment and earnings owing to any accident resulting in injury is another facet considered by your claim which may be compensated for subsequently through compensation claims.