The industrial environment is one that is built around speed and efficiency, but not always safety. Too often, shortcuts are taken and maintenance ignored, all for the sake of achieving the level of production needed to keep the company afloat. If your customers do not receive the products they need, the company does not get paid, simple as that. But, when you weigh this attitude against the number of times an employee will make a machine injury claim during their employment, you have to wonder how these firms stay in business at all.

Leading causes of industrial accidents

The most common cause behind the average worker’s claim for compensation due to an injury is the slip and fall. Cleaning crews will mop large areas of a production floor between shifts, and because of the speed required on behalf of the workers to make production goals, they do not always allow proper time for surfaces to completely dry before entering the area. You might be surprised to learn that concrete floors, because of their lack of a porous surface become extremely slippery when wet, and without due caution, it is quite easy for a worker to slip and fall between machines. This is the main source of most broken bone injury claims processed by insurance companies everywhere.

Another source of injury in a production environment, especially when it comes to making a broken bone injury claim, is the lack of safety precautions on machinery. Every machine that requires as part of its operation for the operator to reach into it, over it or under it, should have some sort of security guard in place to prevent the worker from ever coming into contact with any moving parts. Health and safety laws require these machines to be thoroughly inspected on a regular basis, to ensure that these guards are in place at all times, and suggest penalties for anyone who knowingly removes or turns off these guards.

First step: retain a personal injury lawyer

If you are injured on the job, and are certain that it occurred because of a lack of diligence on the part of your employer as to safety concerns, you may have an actionable claim for compensation. If this is true for you, then your first step, after following your company’s guidelines for receiving medical attention following an industrial accident, is to consult a qualified personal injury solicitor, and turn over all records you have relating to your injury, and events leading up to it.

Step Two: Making the claim

This step is not for the faint hearted, especially if they are concerned that they might be dismissed for doing making a machine injury claim. It is illegal for an employer to dismiss employees who make claims for compensation for their injuries, so rest assured that even if they do try to terminate your employment, your rights are still protected by your solicitor, and the company’s actions may lead to a quicker decision on your behalf.