It’s probably no surprise to learn that the UK mine and quarry industries have not been granted any special opt out from workplace and employee health and safety legislation – fortunately for the employees. Through all of that legislation, like the name of a seaside town through a stick of rock runs the employer’s legal duty to provide and maintain a safe workplace and to ensure where reasonably practicable their employees’ health, safety and welfare whilst at work.
The health and safety legislation pertaining specifically to mining and quarrying such as the Mines and Quarries Act 1954, the Mines and Tips Act 1969 and the Management and Administration of Safety and Health at Mines Regulations 1993 adds to the copious and comprehensive body of health and safety at work law which in totality has been relatively successful in not permitting employers the wiggle room to place profit before employee safety. When employer engagement with health and safety in industries that are as inherently hazardous as mining and quarrying is anything less than one hundred per cent, accidents are sure to occur – 3000 of them serious enough to be reported to the Health and Safety Executive in the quarrying sector alone since the beginning of the 21st century.
If you have been injured at work in a mine or quarry through no fault of your own you might be able to claim compensation. Deciding whether you can make such a claim and then negotiating it through to fairest and most beneficial outcome is generally considered to be the job for an expert – a personal injury solicitor who specialises in workplace accidents. With such a professional on board, an injured employee will quickly find out if the circumstances of their accident will allow a compensation claim to be made and then allow them to concentrate on recovering and/or learning to adapt to life changing disability whilst their claim is expertly pursued.
It certainly isn’t fair that a negligent employer or even a careless co-worker avoids having to face the music, if, as a result of their negligence or carelessness another employee suffers injury or worse. Your right to claim compensation is there to avoid this happening.
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Suffered an injury whilst working in a mine or quarry? We can help you with how to claim the compensation you are entitled to.
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