Injury Solicitors for Accident at Work Claims

Computers are ever increasingly more important in the workplace, reflecting this fact is the statistics for accident at work claims. More than ever these claims are attributable to computers.

Repetitive strain injury ('RSI') is a common work related injury, however is a difficult claim to make. There has firstly been a difference of opinion between medical experts both over diagnosis and also the cause of the some of the symptoms employees claim to experience as a result of repetitive work.

The main hurdle is proving how the RSI happened. Obviously a very large percentage of people nowadays have computer access at home making it more difficult to isolate the injury to computer use at work.

The danger therefore for the employee is two-fold: you could rule out an injury claim because you are still in denial over the condition yourself or because you are not aware of all the facts.

RSI can present itself in different ways, the most frequent are tendinitis, carpal tunnel and vibration white finger. Common symptoms of Carpal Tunnel Syndrome include tingling, loss of feeling in fingers, pain in the hand and a loss of grip strength. Pain can spread up the arm as far as the shoulder. Surveys have revealed that up to 66 per cent of office workers suffer from RSI, yet many don't realise they can make a compensation claim for their injury.

Recent increases in RSI cases have coincided with an increase in working on the move. Commuters will see that most people around them are working outside of work on their Blackberry, laptop or PDA. They may not realise that the risk of RSI is increased by prolonged use and made still more likely when using smaller and closer-situated buttons.

Experienced injury solicitors are willing and able to help you with work accident claims for personal injury compensation. Many do offer conditional fee arrangements (or no win no fee as they are better know) and will tell you that if you have had an injury which was not your fault, in the last 3 years, you can claim damages for the injury and any loss of earnings caused by it.