Personal Injury Advice Service

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• Arm injury
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Arm injury

Arm injuries incurred at work as well as other places are very common in the UK and can result in the injured person being unable to use their arm for a lengthy period of time or even in permanent disability. In many cases the injured party may be entitled to compensation for damages for the injury, depending on the circumstances and location in which the action or accident that caused the injury took place.

If you have suffered from an Arm injury, the first thing you should do is consult your doctor. If you feel you have a valid compensation claim, you should then seek a solicitor's advice within three years of attaining the injury or from the date you first became aware of it. Arm injury claims can be pursued on a conditional fee basis at no cost to the injured party and financial awards may cover anything from compensation for loss of earnings, to re-imbursement of medical bills.

Circumstances in which you may be entitled to compensation for an arm injury include cases where the injury was attained at work through your employer's negligence in ensuring adequate health and safety standards or training that was consistent with minimum legal requirements. If the injury was attainted outside your place of work, you may still be entitled to compensation. Common examples of typical arm injuries include people who have injured themselves through a slip, trip or fall. If the person or authority responsible for the reasonable safety and maintenance of the land or property on which the accident occurred can be shown to have been negligent in fulfilling their obligation to maintain the reasonable safety of the premises, they may be held liable.

Meanwhile, arm injuries caused playing team sports can also give rise to a compensation claim, should the player responsible for the injury have used recklessness or negligence. Another increasingly common arm injury claim is for repetitive strain injury, or RSI, frequently caused through repetitive movement at work. RSI claims are another variation of personal injury at work claims, where the employer may be held responsible for not ensuring adequate protection from RSI.