What to Do If You Have an Accident at Work

clOne of the most important factors regarding
Every employer has a duty of care to protect itsaccidents at work is the recording and reporting of
employees from harm while they are at work. It isaccidents, regardless of whether you will be making
your employer’s responsibility to ensure thatan accident compensation claim or not. Your
you are given the right training, equipment, workingemployer is bound by law to report serious
conditions, clothing (if applicable) and health andwork-related accidents, incidents or cases of industrial
safety information for you to be able to carry outdisease. ‘Serious’ in this context is
your job safely and comfortably. Accidents at workdefined by any type of disease, major injury such as
do happen, however, even in the safest ofa broken limb, dangerous incidents such as excessive
environments, so here are some tips on what to dosmoke or fume inhalation and any injury that
if you have an accident at work from Claim-Easy (prevents an employee from carrying out their usual
the claims management company highly experiencedtasks for more than three days.
in accident claims of all types.