Back Injury
Back injuries affect people in different ways, and different parts of the back may have been injured, although the lower back is most often affected in cases of back injury. The severity of a back injury can range from limited pain and discomfort which can be easily treated to life-long back injuries which can force people to leave their jobs or undergo surgery.
The fact that back injuries are the most common reason for absences from work shows just how serious and common a problem back injuries are in the UK. While back injuries may sometimes be unavoidable, it is unfortunately the case that many back injuries are down to the negligence of an employer, and could have been prevented with the correct safety procedures.
What is a back injury?
Back injuries involve damage to the delicate structure of ligaments, bones or other tissues in the back. The injury could be, for example, a bone fracture, or it could be a sprain, which is a tear in one of the ligaments supporting the spine.
Back injuries in the workplace
Often, people can sustain a back injury through inappropriate work practices. In this case it must be noted that employers have a duty to train employers at risk from the causes of back injury in how to prevent back injury, and to provide the correct equipment to ensure the risk to employees is minimised.
Can Serious Accident Helpline's back injury lawyers help?
If an employer fails in their duty of care and an employee sustains a back injury because of this, the back injury victim may be able to make a successful back injury claim against their employer.
Our back injury lawyers can also help if the back injury occurred outside of a working environment, if the injury was the result of another person’s or organisation’s negligence. Whatever the situation, if your back injury was caused by another person’s negligence, you may be entitled to claim compensation with the help of one of our specialist back injury lawyers.
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