A burn injury is any injury to the skin or other organ tissue arising from contact with heat, electricity, radiation or chemicals as a result of the negligence, or fault, of another, for example, your employer’s failure to take all reasonable steps to look out for your safety.
There are many different types of chemical burn injuries, some of the most common being burn injuries sustained in factories and laboratory accidents.
If you have suffered a chemical burn injury which was not your fault, there are a number of ways in which you can get help.
A chemical burn injury can affect not just your working life, but also your personal life, in ways which can seem almost impossible to recover from.
Health and safety laws mean that you should be able to claim compensation for your chemical burn injuries and losses without paying a penny.
Here are three ways in which compensation could help you following your chemical burn injury.
1. Claiming compensation for your pain and suffering
A serious chemical brn injury can be very difficult to cope with, not just because of what you are not capable of doing during recovery, but also because of the suffering you may be experiencing. Pain and suffering is the legal term referring to any physical or emotional stress caused by an injury, and these may form part of the compensation package you are awarded.
In addition to pain and suffering, other hardships resulting from the injury, such as an inability to carry out day to day tasks or hobbies, may also be taken into account when compensating you. How much your claim is worth will depend on all these circumstances.
2. Claiming your lost earnings
If you have serious chemical burn injuries, you may have been forced to take time off work, and therefore time without your wages or salary, resulting in lost earnings. This may have led to severe cash problems, not just for you but for your family as well.
Claiming those lost earnings is likely to be a crucial step towards getting you and your family back on your feet.
As Well as lost earnings, you may be compensated for other work-related loses such as disadvantage in the labour market, loss of promotion, loss of any other work-related opportunities and even future loss of earnings should you have to leave your job. With all of these taken into account, and depending on the severity of your chemical burn injury, the compensation you are entitled to can potentially add up to a very large sum.
3. Making sure a similar chemical burn injury does not occur again
when you make a chemical burn injury claim, it is because another person has been at fault, and it was their negligence that led to you
suffering a chemical burn injury. Negligence means that they failed in their duty of care towards you, for example as an employer is required by law to take all reasonable steps to look out for your safety. If your emploer has failed to do so, it's likely that others are at risk of being injured, as well.
Making a chemical burn injury claim will highlight the safety issues
present and may prevent others from suffering from similar injuries in the future. And remember, you cannot by law lose your job for making a claim.
Balinda & Co have many years experience and have helped a lot of people who have suffered chemical burn injuries to get compensation.
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