A warehouse injury claim* for compensation is for the personal injury you suffer when working in a warehouse. You seek compensation for the workplace accident and its effects on your life.

You could suffer a warehouse injury when driving a forklift or when shifting boxes into storage. The back injury, the broken leg or the nerve damage in the shoulder can affect how you care for yourself and the income to the home.

Your employer owes you a duty of care. You could have a compensation claim* if they breach their duty of care, causing you a workplace injury in a warehouse accident. In the personal injury claim*, look for compensation for the effects on your life today and in the future.

PBN Litigation Solicitors in Dublin can make your warehouse injury compensation claim*.

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What is a warehouse injury claim*?

A warehouse injury claim* is the legal process to get compensation for the effects of a workplace injury. You claim compensation for the soft tissue injury, the eye injuries, and the head injury you suffered when working in the warehouse.

The warehouse can be a dangerous place to work when your employer breaches their duty of care to you. The Health and Safety Authority, HSA, report over 500,000 workplace injuries annually in Ireland. Injuries range from the soft tissue injuries to the brain injuries and paraplegia. In the transportation and storage sector, there were 1,041 workplace injuries, nearly 10% of the total employed in this area. 

Slip, trip and fall injury is the single most significant cause of workplace injury in Ireland, averaging nearly 2,000 cases of injury per annum over the last five years, with manual injury at more than 1,300 cases annually.

A warehouse injury can happen quickly. The faulty forklift may jerk, causing a back injury, a box stored at a height could fall, causing a head injury or the delivery truck could hit a worker and break their ribs.

PBN Litigation Solicitors can handle your compensation claim* for the warehouse injury.

PBN solicitors work with you to get the compensation you deserve.

We pride ourselves in taking the stress out of personal injury litigation by providing a service dedicated to the client.

Common warehouse injury claims*

The common warehouse injury claims* range from a severed toe in a workplace accident to the broken ribs and severe head injuries. The warehouse injury can affect your life today and on your future life.

You make a claim for the loss of income, the effects of the injury, and the impact on your ability to work.

Common warehouse injury claims*:

An injury when hit by a forklift in the warehouse happens when the forklift driver is not adequately trained or the employer does not have a duty of care towards employees.

The forklift can be dangerous, and employees can be injured in the warehouse or in the delivery area.

Types of injury when hit by a forklift can be:

  • Crush injuries when caught between the forklift and a wall
  • Shoulder injury when hit by the turning forklift
  • Foot injury when the forks come down too quickly

You may have a compensation claim* for the forklift injury.

A broken ankle in a fall off a faulty ladder can have you off work for a long time, make you unable to drive, and cause you to have difficulty getting around the home.

Your employer should have regular inspections of all areas of the warehouse, and steps and ladders must be repaired and replaced where necessary.

A fall from the ladder can cause a head injury, a broken back and even paraplegia in some cases.

Slip, trip and fall injury in the warehouse can happen on a flat surface and may cause many workplace injuries. Slipping on a wet, oily floor or tripping over boxes that are not stored away can break a bone or cause facial lacerations.

Types of slip, trip and fall injuries in the warehouse:

  • Slip on the wet floor causes an ongoing back injury
  • The fall from the forklift causes a broken leg
  • The trip on an uneven warehouse floor causes a head, neck, and shoulder injury

PBN Litigation Solicitors can make your slip, trip and fall workplace injury claim*

Burns when moving acids or other dangerous chemicals, can affect all parts of the body but especially the hands, arms, and legs. 

You should be supplied with the correct PPE for handling corrosive liquids, and you may have a compensation claim* for any injuries caused by not having them.

Facial burns, eye damage and extensive burns all over the body are often seen when there is a spillage of acids in the warehouse.

An injury when the forklift jerks or stops suddenly can be very debilitating, and you may need time off work to recover. The forklift should be serviced regularly so it does not stop suddenly, jerk from side to side or even topple over in some cases.

Injuries seen when the forklift stops suddenly:

  • Head, neck and shoulder injuries when the forklift stops without warning
  • Back injury from the forklift jerking from side to side
  • Cracked skull when the forklift topples over in the warehouse

Your employer must keep the forklift and other warehouse machinery maintained and fit for use by all employees.

If you are injured in a warehouse accident that was not your fault or only partially your fault, you may have a claim for compensation.

PBN Litigation Solicitors in Dublin can handle your compensation for a warehouse accident claim* and deal with your employers and their insurance company.

Compensation for a warehouse accident claim*

Compensation for a warehouse accident in Ireland depends on the extent of your injuries and the effects of the injury on your life. In the personal injury compensation claim*, your solicitor can only give you an idea of what is possible for the warehouse accident claim*.

You may suffer a broken leg when the forklift stops, and you fall to the ground. A trip over loose cables in the warehouse may cause facial injuries, and the injuries from a lack of PPE can be burns, a cracked skull or soft tissue injury.

Your employer must keep the warehouse safe for all employees. They should provide full training and supply all necessary PPE. Any breach of the employer’s duty of care could lead to a workplace accident claim*.

PBN Litigation Solicitors can explain how the process works and how your warehouse compensation claim* will be a combination of two types of damages.

Damages in a warehouse injury compensation claim*

Damages in a warehouse injury compensation claim* are a combination of:

General Damages in a warehouse injury compensation claim* are for the pain and suffering you experience due to the workplace injury. 

You can claim General Damages for the pain from the shattered ribs when you are hit by a van in the warehouse or the unnecessary suffering from an RSI due to working without a break or change of routine.

General Damages may be claimed in any personal injury case where the injuries cause pain and inconvenience and affect your ability to exercise, drive, play sports and other activities. 

Special Damages in a warehouse injury compensation claim* are for the financial effects on your life due to the workplace injury, such as loss of income to the home when you cannot work after breaking your leg in a fall off the forklift.

With Special Damages you claim for: 

  • The loss of earnings
  • Care costs today and in the future
  • Out-of-pocket expenses such as travel, medical appointments, further treatment 

Special Damages are for the financial effects of a loss of income when recovering from a workplace injury or if you can only take lesser-paid employment in the future. 

You claim Special Damages to offset the financial costs of the personal injury, so you will not be out of pocket due to the actions of others. 

You may claim for what is needed to maintain a similar quality of life as before the personal injury. 

Your PBN Litigation solicitor can guide you on what to expect in compensation and how to gather evidence in your claim for warehouse injury compensation.

In your warehouse injury compensation claim*, the solicitor can advise you on how the two types of damages are relevant to your claim. 

Evidence to help support a claim for workplace injury

Evidence to help support a claim for workplace injury compensation is vital to a successful outcome. You will be asked to provide evidence that you were injured and that the injury has affected your life.

The more evidence you can produce, the better it will be for your claim, and you should:

  • Take photographs of the workplace where the accident happened

  • Take photographs of the machinery, equipment and vehicles involved

  • Get CCTV footage if possible

  • Get contact details of all witnesses to your workplace accident

  • Get the workplace accident report from your employer

  • Get the medical records from the emergency services if they were involved

  • Have details of all workplace training and health and safety guides

  • Take photographs of your injuries at the site of the accident

  • Get copies of doctor and hospital reports

  • Have evidence of employment, such as payslips and a contract

  • Source a Garda report if the Gardai were involved

  • Keep any other evidence you may think is relevant

The evidence you produce will help with your workplace accident claim*.

PBN Litigation Solicitors can help gather evidence and put it towards making a valid workplace accident claim*.

How long do you have to make a workplace accident claim*

There is a two-year time limit for a workplace injury claim* in Ireland. You should start the process of engaging a solicitor by applying to the Injuries Board before the two-year limit is reached. 

You should make the workplace accident claim* immediately after realising you are suffering from it. The date of realising may be beyond the two-year limit in some cases, such as a pain that only becomes obvious a few years after you suffer the workplace accident.

You could see another doctor with what you think is a different complaint, but they may see a path back to the slip on the warehouse floor or to the trip over boxes not stored properly.

PBN Litigation Solicitors know from experience how to deal with time limits when processing your workplace accident claim*.

Contact PBN solicitors today for all your personal injury compensation needs.

The Health and Safety at Work Act (2015)

The Health and Safety at Work Act (2015) outlines an employer’s duty of care to employees in the workplace. It also outlines an employee’s responsibilities and how to behave when at work.

The employer has a responsibility to employees under the Health and Safety Act to:

  • Provide a safe place of work for all employees

  • Provide suitable and properly maintained equipment and machinery

  • Provide suitable breaks and rest periods throughout the working day

  • Not putting employees at risk in the workplace from chemicals and equipment

  • Provide full training on health and safety to employees

  • Provide adequate PPE to all employees

  • Provide a trained safety officer in the workplace

  • Provide a full risk assessment for all procedures and equipment

If an employer does not carry out their duties under the Health and Safety Act, it may be seen as a breach of duty of care to employees.

When a breach of their duty of care causes an accident in the workplace, and you are injured, you may have a workplace accident compensation claim*.

PBN Litigation Solicitors can make your workplace accident claim* in Dublin and help get you the compensation you deserve.

Start your warehouse injury claim* today

Start your warehouse injury claim* today by contacting PBN Litigation Solicitors.

You, the employee, are the one injured and in recovery. The last thing you should have to worry about is dealing with the Injuries Board or the courts when recovering from a personal injury such as a warehouse injury.

PBN Litigation Solicitors can take on your case and work with you to get the compensation you deserve.

We pride ourselves in taking the stress out of personal injury litigation by providing a service dedicated to the client. 

Contact PBN Litigation Solicitors today for all your warehouse injury compensation needs.