It is understandable that you may not wish to pursue a claim against your employers, as this is often seen as “biting that hand that feeds”, and I fully understand this. 

It is a legal requirement that all employers insure themselves against this type of circumstance.  Their insurance premium may rise next year, but any compensation that you may receive won’t be paid directly from your employers pocket.  It will be claimed from the insurance “pot”

It may help you to investigate the accident, although you are under no obligation and your enquiry will be dealt with in strict confidence.

Even if you decide against pursuing a claim, you should consider reporting the incident to your local Health and Safety Officer, and the bottom line, is to make sure that your injury is recorded so that it can be used as evidence later, even if this is just a simple record in the employers accident book, it may help prevent a similar incident in the future.

I have experience in dealing with claims in many typical type of workplace accidents. Examples of cases I would consider are accidents involving, but not limited to: 

• Defective machinery
• Slips or trips on debris or dangerous surfaces
• Injuries involving lifting or manual handling
• Employees exposed to violent attacks by patients/customers

If you think that you may have a claim, due to an accident at work, then please contact me for further advice