If you are a care home worker and have been assaulted at work by a resident or patient, you may be eligible to pursue a personal injury claim for compensation. Nursing and care home workers can face many challenges in their work. Care workers work tirelessly to make sure that those under their care stay [...]
Nursing is a strenuous and stressful profession. Nurses are expected to be hardworking, patient, knowledgeable, kind and tireless. For most nurses, the most rewarding aspect of the job is the emotional satisfaction that they get from seeing patients walk out of the hospital healthier than when they walked in. However, it is their dedication and [...]
Tenosynovitis is a specific type of repetitive stress injury that results from the swelling of the synovial sheath. This is a protective sheath that covers certain tendons in the arm and wrist. Some types of actions can cause this protective sheath to get inflamed, injuring the tendons that lie beneath. The area most commonly affected [...]
When we think of dangerous occupations to work in, construction, mining, and roofing generally top the list outside of the armed forces, police and firefighters. One occupation that is often overlooked in the list of dangerous occupations is that of a garage mechanic. The fact is, mechanics working in the motor vehicle repair industry are [...]
If your asthma symptoms are due to exposure to chemicals or allergens in your workplace, you may be legally entitled to file an occupational asthma compensation claim. This is regardless of whether your breathing difficulties started immediately after the exposure or several months after the accident. What Is Occupational Asthma Asthma is a chronic lung [...]
The demanding nature of the refuse collectors job and the adverse working conditions are just two of many factors that put refuse collectors at high risk of injury. Some studies indicate that the injury rate in this particular industry is as much as 4 times more than most other industries. If you work as a [...]
If you are suffering with stress in the workplace and believe your employer is at fault you may have a claim for stress at work compensation. The harm caused by stress at work can be highly underrated. Part of the reason for this is because some employers think that workers who claim to be stressed [...]
If you have been diagnosed with silicosis due to being exposed to silica dust in the workplace, you could be eligible to claim silicosis compensation. What Is Silicosis? Silicosis is a type of occupational lung disease caused by inhaling crystalline silica dust. It is most commonly seen in workers who work in industries that use [...]
If you or a loved one have been injured by a fall from height in an accident at work you may be entitled to file a claim for compensation. Falling from a height can be a frightening, life-changing experience in more ways than one. Those few seconds can feel like a lifetime and can have [...]
If you have developed tennis elbow at work and believe it’s because your employer has been negligent you may be entitled to make a tennis elbow compensation claim. Anyone who uses their arm to perform the same tasks repeatedly is susceptible to suffering from tennis elbow. The symptoms of this condition often develop due to [...]
