Personal Injury & Workers' Compensation Solicitors in United Kingdom

Carrs Solicitors

1-3 The Courtyard Calvin Street Bolton BL1 8PB United Kingdom

 +44 1204 496898

www.carrssolicitors.com/
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Carrs Solicitors is a dedicated workplace personal injury law firm. We only handle work related personal injury claims. Although our offices are in Bolton, we handle compensation claims for clients across England and Wales. If you can't travel to see us, we are happy to come to you. We ensure 100% of the compensation awarded is received by our clients.

We pride ourselves on delivering a personal service to every single client. We know that it is stressful and upsetting to suffer an accident or injury which affects your ability to work. Our goal is to make sure that at every stage of your claim, you know that we are looking after your best interests and tirelessly working to obtain the maximum compensation available.

You will always have one senior solicitor who will personally handle every aspect of your personal injury claim and who will always be available to answer your questions. Managing Partner John Carr has over 16 years experience in employer's liability injury claims and has helped thousands of people claim compensation for accidents at work, occupational disability or industrial disease.

Practice Areas

Additional Practice Areas: Factory Accident Claims; Forklift Truck Accidents; Lifting and Carrying Injuries; Office Accidents; Serious Injury Claims; Trips & Slips at Work; Vibration White Finger Claims; Warehouse Accidents; Work Accident Compensation; Work Related Chest Diseases; Work Related Hearing Loss; Work Related Illness; Work Related Traffic Accidents

Practice Areas Description

Carrs Solicitors offers legal representation on the following areas of practice:

- Accidents at Work

When making a claim for an injury at work you should choose a specialist solicitor with a proven track record in work place injury claims. Even if the accident was caused by another member of staff, you may be entitled to make an accident compensation claim against your employers under their employer's liability insurance cover. Carrs Solicitors is a specialist work-related personal injury claims firm with years of experience of helping recover our clients' full legal entitlement to compensation for injuries caused by accidents at work which are the direct result of negligence or breaches of Health and Safety regulations.

- Asbestos Industrial Disease

Diseases linked to Asbestos exposure such as mesothelioma, lung cancer, and asbestosis; tend to follow several decades after the exposure took place. If you or a family member have had exposure to Asbestos at work and suffer from any of these conditions, we may be able to assist in claiming compensation. Carrs Solicitors have expertise in asbestos compensation claims and in obtaining occupational asbestos related compensation for our clients. Even if the original employer has long since been dissolved, it is possible for us to recover compensation in full for asbestos related industrial disease.

- Construction Accidents

If you have been involved in a construction accident, you should report the accident to your employer immediately and give details of your accident at work to the hospital / doctor who treats you. Record the names and contact numbers of any witnesses to the accident and to the circumstances or poor working practices that you believe may have caused or contributed to your accident. Carrs Solicitors have specialist experience at representing construction and maintenance workers and will be able to discuss the details of the accident with you and will be able to tell you if your claim is likely to succeed.

- Factory Accident Claims

Factories can be dangerous places to work, particularly if employees have been inadequately trained in the use of machinery, or machinery has been poorly maintained. As specialist work accident lawyers, the team at Carrs Solicitors understand that deciding to pursue a claim against an employer can be very difficult, particularly if you hope to retain your job following the claim. Your employer cannot legally dismiss you on the grounds that you have made a compensation claim against them. If they attempt to do so, you may be able to claim unfair dismissal.

- Forklift Truck Accidents

We offer representation for forklift truck accident claims including injuries caused by pole trucks, reach trucks and Automatic Guided Vehicles. We are experts at claiming for accidents caused by breaches of Health and Safety Legislation. You may be entitled to bring a personal injury claim against your own employer and/or the employer of the person who caused the forklift truck accident - even if you are partly to blame - provided we can show that the primary cause of the accident was another person.

- Industrial Accidents

Carrs Solicitors have vast experience of successfully recovering damages for our clients who have sustained industrial injuries in the mining, quarrying, manufacturing, construction, logistics and healthcare sectors. We have also won compensation for clients who have had warehouse accidents and forklift truck accidents. These cases resemble strongly contested employment disputes and our expertise, attention to detail and dedication to securing the best evidence for our clients pays off in the value of the industrial accident compensation they receive.

- Lifting and Carrying Injuries

Manual handling injuries are common but usually avoidable. If you have suffered a back injury, neck injury, sprain, hernia or other wrenching injury from lifting, carrying, pushing, pulling or supporting heavy objects at work, you may be entitled to make a compensation claim. Lifting and carrying injuries can be the result of strain over time even where the injury itself occurs outside of work. If your back injury, neck injury or hernia occurred while bending or lifting at home but manual handling of heavy objects is part of your regular routine at work, you may still have a compensation claim.

- Office Accidents

Office personnel are afforded the same protection from workplace accidents and illness as those employed in other workplaces. However, the law treats claims by persons injured in the course of their work differently to other types of personal injury claim. For this reason, should you have an office accident or contract a work-related illness such as carpal tunnel syndrome or a repetitive strain injury you should speak to a solicitor who specializes in work-related compensation claims. We are members of the Association of Personal Injury Lawyers and Employment Lawyers Association, and we will aim to obtain your full compensation and rehabilitation entitlements in the shortest time possible without in any way jeopardizing your position at work.

- Serious Injury Claims

Serious injury claims typically involve the following types of injury: Amputations and Severe Crushing Injuries; Severe Burns and Scalding; Head and Brain Injuries; Spinal Injuries; Loss of Sight; Fatal Accident. If you are considering making a claim following a serious injury at work, we would strongly advise you to take specialist legal advice. Carrs Solicitors are specialists in work related injury claims and may be able to help you claim financial compensation in difficult circumstances. These situations can include those in which nobody appears to be at fault, or where the accident victim contributed to the accident.

- Trips & Slips at Work

Employers have a legal responsibility to provide a safe place of work, safe access to it, and competent fellow employees. Employers must also conduct a thorough risk assessment, and provide safe floor surfaces including steps and stairs. They must ensure as far as possible that floors are kept free from any items or substances likely to cause a slip or fall. When floors are wet, appropriate signs should be placed in the area and there should be enough light so people can read these signs. If you have been injured at work as a result of a slipping or tripping accident, we can advise you as to whether you will be entitled to claim against your employer's liability insurance for damages

- Vibration White Finger Claims

Vibration White finger, Whole Body Vibration, Hand Arm Vibration Syndrome, and Carpal Tunnel Syndrome are conditions affecting the fingers, thumb, hands wrists and arms and symptoms such as loss of feeling, numbness, pins and needles or reduction in manual dexterity. These conditions can be caused by repeated or prolonged exposure to excessive vibration, often through the use of machinery in the course of employment such as staple guns, pneumatic drills, jigger picks, Kango hammers, grinding tools, needle guns, descaling guns, windy guns and nut runners. If you think that you may have a work related illness claim involving Occupational Vibration White finger, Hand Arm Vibration Syndrome or Carpal Tunnel Syndrome, we can help.

- Warehouse Accidents

Employers have a duty to undertake suitable and sufficient risk assessments of their warehouse facilities to provide adequate training, safe plant and equipment and a safe system of work, competent fellow employees, adequate personal protective equipment and appropriate supervision in view of the many potential hazards within the warehousing and logistics industry. If you have suffered injury while working in a warehouse in circumstances where one or more of these duties have been breached, it may be possible to claim compensation from the company operating the warehouse or employing the person who caused the accident whether or not this is your own employer.

- Work Accident Compensation

Every employer is obliged to take out Employers Liability Insurance to cover their potential liability for your compensation and for any legal costs associated with it. The negligence or breach of statutory duty by your employer for the negligence or even the deliberate act of another employee will usually give rise to liability under the policy taken out in your employer's name. If you have had an accident in the workplace resulting in an injury whether serious or minor, you may be entitled to make a claim for compensation.

- Work Related Chest Diseases

Respiratory health claims are traditionally associated with occupations such as mining and manufacturing. Workers in the chemical industry and in milling and baking are also susceptible to industrial disease caused by airborne sensitizing agents at work. Chest related illnesses cause breathing difficulties and can affect your quality of life and your ability to work. Making a compensation claim can help ease any financial difficulties which may occur as a result of your industrial illness. Carrs Solicitors specialize in work related injury and ill health claims including respiratory conditions such as Pneumoconiosis, Silicosis, Asbestosis, Asthma, Emphysema, Chronic Obstructive Airways Disease or Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD).

- Work Related Hearing Loss

The Control of Noise at Work Regulations 2005 requires employers to reduce noise levels as far as possible and to provide and enforce the use of appropriate personal protective equipment in working environments with high noise levels. People working in the building trade, on production lines in noisy factories and people working with noisy machine tools are highly susceptible to work related hearing loss and other industrial accidents if they are not provided with the proper safety equipment. If you are or have previously been exposed to prolonged periods of loud noise in the workplace and now suffer with hearing loss or hearing problems, you should speak to a solicitor who specializes in work related illness to find out if you are entitled to make a noise induced hearing loss claim.

- Work Related Illness

Proving that your symptoms were caused by your work environment can be tricky and requires medical evidence and the testimony of expert witnesses. Should you wish to pursue a work related illness compensation claim you should hire a solicitor who specializes in occupational illness cases. Carrs Solicitors have over 15 years experience at winning work related illness compensation claims and we have the knowledge and resources to obtain the medical evidence you need and the expert witnesses to support your case.

- Work Related Traffic Accidents

In the UK alone, there are an estimated 40,000 traffic accidents that are thought to be work related. According to the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents, work related car, lorry and HGV accidents are the largest cause of occupational fatalities. In many of these cases liability can be established against the driver's employers as we can prove that the underlying cause of the accident was failure to adequately risk assess, maintain, load, train or plan journeys and deliveries. Even if you are not strictly employed as 'a driver', but you have to drive as part of your work, you may still be entitled to recover compensation in circumstances where we can establish that a work related car accident occurred because of breaches of your employer's legal duty of care.

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