Healthcare Workplace Accidents

COMMON INJURIES SUFFERED BY HEALTH SECTOR EMPLOYEES

Many healthcare professionals are prone to work injury, including:

• GPs
• Surgeons
• Doctors
• Nurses
• Paramedics
• Hospital orderlies
• Home help staff
• Pharmacy technicians
• Dental technicians
• Physical therapists

There are all kinds of risks that these, and any other professionals in healthcare, can be exposed to in their workplace, ranging from the minor to the very serious. We have handled compensation claims including:

• Sprains from heavy lifting
• Cuts from needles and other sharp objects
• Assaults by members of the public
• Injuries from faulty equipment
• Slips, trips and falls
• Infections
• Head injuries
• Broken bones and fractures
• Injuries caused by a lack of training or adequate equipment
• Injuries caused by performing a role you were not trained to do
• The spreading of blood borne diseases, such as HIV/AIDS or Hepatitis B or C

CLAIM COMPENSATION WITH US

If you have been injured while working in the healthcare sector, you can make a claim for compensation if your accident was caused by the negligence of others, a lack of proper training, a failure on your employer’s part to provide you with the right equipment, or if you were asked to perform a task outside your job role and it led to an injury.