| For such a small and seemingly insignificant part of | | | | that you get what you rightfully deserve if you have |
| the body, the wrist is injured easily and the effects | | | | injured your wrist in an accident or slip, trip or fall that |
| can be far-reaching. From numbness and pain to loss | | | | was not your fault, because the wrist is central to so |
| of movement, impaired use of your hands and the | | | | many of our everyday movements with our hands |
| inability to work, a wrist injury can cause a great deal | | | | and arms. With one or both wrists injured, even in a |
| of problems. If you have suffered an injury to your | | | | minor way, the effects can be frustrating at least to |
| wrist in an incident that was not your fault, then you | | | | debilitating at worst. |
| can claim for personal injury compensation with the | | | | Repetitive strain injuries are common relatively minor |
| claims management company that makes it easy: | | | | types of wrist injuries that can be suffered at work, |
| Claim-Easy ( | | | | whether through typing or on the factory floor. |
| The reason the wrist is injured easily is that the wrist | | | | Every employer has a duty of care to ensure that |
| bones are fragile and easily sprained or broken, but | | | | the work conditions and day-to-day tasks of each |
| also because it is often the wrists that take the | | | | employee could not lead to repetitive strain in any |
| brunt of the impact in a fall. In slips, trips and falls, we | | | | way. If they are negligent in their duty of care and |
| often instinctively put our arms out in front of us to | | | | an employee develops repetitive strain as a result, |
| cushion the blow. This can cause one or both wrists | | | | then they could also be eligible for injury |
| to be damaged and is one of the most common | | | | compensation. |
| causes for personal injury claims. It’s important | | | | |