Accidents at work are becoming more and more common, and no matter how major or minor your injuries, your employer has to comply with strict rules and regulations regarding your safety. Your employer has to pay attention in 3 key areas:
1. To provide a safe system of work
Your employer is responsible for providing you with safe and suitable equipment with which to do your job, training you in how to use it, inspecting and maintaining it, and ensuring that it is used correctly through training and supervision.
All equipment is covered from your chair to a jackhammer. Your employer must ensure that all the processes and procedures used by the company are safe. So for example if you worked in a restaurant it would not be safe to have the till point in front of the oven.
Back injury is one of the most common injuries sustained at work and can lead to considerable time off while recovering. If your job involves lifting, the risk of injury should have been assessed by your employers and you should have been trained how to lift safely. In some cases equipment such as hoists or other help should be provided for you.
Your employer has a duty of care to ensure you can do your job safely ........continued >>