How Much Can I Claim For An Office Chair Accident?

Have you been injured due to an office chair accident at work? Are you now wondering whether you can make a personal injury claim? In this guide, we hope to provide you with the information you need about starting an injury at work claim.

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Within this guide, we will discuss what duty of care your employer owes you and what could happen if they breach this duty.

Additionally, we will share what evidence you may need to prove a work injury claim and how much compensation you could receive for your injury.

Alternatively, you may want to speak with an advisor about your specific claim. You can contact our friendly team of advisors today if this is the case. They can offer you free legal advice 24/7 about accident at work claims. To get in touch:

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How To Claim For An Office Chair Accident

If you have been involved in an office chair accident at work, you could have suffered various injuries, such as a back injury or foot injury. These injuries could impact your physical and mental well-being, as well as it affecting your quality of life. The extent to which they impact your life will vary depending on the severity of your injuries. However, this is taken into account when valuing your potential settlement.

To make an injury at work claim, you will need to prove that negligence occurred. This involves you sustaining harm as a result of a third party breaching the duty of care they owed you. In this instance, you would need to prove your employer breached their duty of care at the time and place of the accident.

Please continue reading to find out more about the duty of care your employer owes. Alternatively, get in touch to see if our work accident solicitors may be able to help you through the work injury claim process.

Does My Employer Owe Me A Duty Of Care?

Your employer owes you a duty of care to protect your health and safety in the workplace. They must ensure that within reason, the work environment, facilities and equipment are safe to use as intended and that they have taken all reasonable steps to remove or reduce the risk of known hazards causing harm. This duty is outlined in the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 (HASAWA).

If your employer were to breach this duty of care to you, it could result in an accident that sees you becoming harmed. If you can prove that your employer’s negligence caused your injury, you may be able to seek compensation.

Some examples of how you could sustain an injury due to an office chair accident include:

Your employer supplied you with a faulty chair at your office job. They knew this chair was faulty but still gave it to you anyway. As you sit on the chair, it collapses beneath you, causing you to sustain a back injury.
You sustained a shoulder injury whilst manoeuvring your office chair due to cable wires connected to the office computers not being properly secured and tidied away.

Call our advisors today for more information on determining liability for accident at work claims.

Statistics for Accidents at Work

The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) collect reports made by employees to the Labour Force Survey (LFS) and reports made by employers under the Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations 2013 (RIDDOR) and collates them to provide workplace injury statistics. They reported that in 2020/21, 441,000 employees reported under the LFS that they sustained an injury at work.

Additionally, some of the self-reported non-fatal workplace injuries under the LFS from 2018/19 to 2020/21 (per 100,000 workers) in various industries for people working in the last 12 months were:

Human health/social work – 1,940.
Public administration/defence – 1,740.
Administrative/support services – 1,520.

How Do You Prove An Office Chair Accident Claim?

As we have previously stated, you must prove that your employer’s negligence caused the injury to make a valid claim for an office chair accident. To do this, you will need sufficient evidence. Some potential evidence you could gather to support your claim includes:

Any CCTV footage of the accident, which you can request.
Witness contact details (in case a statement is needed at a later date).
A completed accident report book (if your workplace has one on-site).
A copy of your medical records stating your injury and any treatments you received due to your injury.

Additionally, you must adhere to the time limits set out within the Limitation Act 1980 when making a personal injury claim. These are:

3 years to start your claim from the date of the accident.
3 years to start your claim from when your injury was first linked to being caused by negligence.

However, please be aware some exceptions may apply. For further information on how long a work injury claim takes call us today.

How Much Could I Claim For An Office Chair Accident?

You could receive general damages when pursuing a claim for an office chair accident. This seeks to compensate you for the physical and psychological pain and suffering you have endured due to your injuries and also how these injuries have impacted your quality of life.

With this in mind, we have created the following table for you, with compensation brackets relating to different injuries. We have taken these amounts from the 16th edition of the Judicial College Guidelines (JCG), as it is a document many legal professionals can use to help them when valuing claims.

However, it is important to remember that how much you may receive will depend on your specific claim. As such, you should only use these as a guide.

Injury	Comments	Amount
Back Injuries	(a) Severe (i) The most severe injury that involves spinal cord and nerve root damage.	£91,090 to £160,980
Back Injuries	(b) Moderate (i) - Injuries in this bracket include a compression fracture to the lumbar vertebrae that cause constant discomfort and pain with a risk of osteoarthritis.	£27,760 to £38,780
Wrist Injuries	(a) The person will have completely lost function in the wrist.	£47,620 to £59,860
Wrist Injuries	(b) The person will have sustained an injury that results in a permanent and significant disability with some useful movement remaining.	£24,500 to £39,170
Foot Injuries	(e) Serious - Risk of future arthritis surgery, prolonged treatment or constant pain from traumatic arthritis following a less severe foot injury.	£24,990 to £39,200
Foot Injuries	(g) Modest - Reputed ligaments, puncture wounds or simple metatarsal fractures in the foot, which could cause a permanent limp with additional aching and pain.	Up to £12,740
Injuries to the Pelvis and Hips	(b) Moderate (i) - A significant hip or pelvis injury, but there aren’t any major future risks or permanent disabilities.	£26,590 to £39,170
Injuries to the Pelvis and Hips	(b) Moderate (ii) A hip replacement or other surgery is required.	£12,590 to £26,590
Shoulder Injuries	(c) Moderate - Limited movement and discomfort due to frozen shoulder. Symptoms can last for around 2 years.	£7,890 to £12,770
Shoulder Injuries	(b) Serious - This bracket includes a rotator cuff injury with symptoms that persist after surgery.	£12,770 to £19,200

What Else Could You Claim After An Accident In The Workplace?

Additionally, within your settlement, you may receive a head of claim known as special damages. This seeks to compensate you for the financial losses caused by your injuries, such as home adaptations, travel expenses and lost wages.

You will need to prove these losses in order to claim for them, such as payslips, invoices and bank statements.

For more information on the compensation you could receive following a successful office chair accident claim, get in touch on the number above.

Why Use Our No Win No Fee Solicitors?

If you would like to claim following an office chair accident, you may want to consider doing so with legal representation. One of our workplace injury solicitors may be able to provide their services to you under a type of No Win No Fee agreement.

Such an arrangement, for example a Conditional Fee Agreement, means there will be no payment to your solicitor for their services if your case fails. However, if they succeed, you will pay them a success fee from your compensation which is legally capped.

Call us today for further information on working with a No Win No Fee solicitor.

Contact Us For Free To See If You Can Claim

If you are still unsure whether you can claim for an office chair accident, contact our team of advisors today. Our advisors can offer you free legal advice regarding your claim and help answer your questions.

If you would like to speak to an advisor today about your claim:

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