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Manual Handling Claim for Victim of Accident at Work

9th August 2006

Manual Handling in the Workplace

The term manual handling can be used to mean a variety of different things; they include the moving, carrying, lifting, lowering and pushing of an object. Manual handling tasks in the workplace account for thousands upon thousands of workplace injuries every year and the Manual Handling Lifting and Operations Regulations 1992 state that employers must, as far is as reasonably practicable, minimise the need for his employees to undertake any manual handling operations at work which involve a risk of their being injured in an accident at work.

If this is not possible then it is their duty to ensure that a suitable and sufficient assessment of all such manual handling operations are undertaken by them and that suitable training is given to all employees in order to diminish the possibility of personal injury.

Manual Handling Compensation Claim

The Legal Line’s solicitors recently acted on behalf of a woman who was injured in one such accident at work caused by insufficient manual handling precautions. The claimant was required to clear the floor of her workplace, which included the removing six or seven bags of laundry each weighing in the region of 30lbs. As a result the client injured her lower back.  She was awarded compensation for her injury.

Employer Liability

The Legal Line’s solicitors argued that in this case the employers were liable as the measures they had in place to deal efficiently with manual handling operations were indeed ineffective. It was argued that the bags of laundry could have been moved in a alternative manner, possibly by placing them onto a trolley and safely wheeling them away thus minimising the possibility of injury. The claimants employers were found to be liable in this instance as in addition the employee had received no manual handling training.

Claims for Accidents at Work

If you or a member of your family have suffered an injury at work caused by the negligence of your employer, we may be able to help you. Contact The Legal Line on 0800 0328511 or complete an online compensation claim form for specialist advice.