Climbing Accidents

In medicine, a burn is a type of injury to the skin caused by heat, cold, electricity, chemicals, or radiation.

Burns are most commonly caused by exposure to flames, hot objects, hot liquids (scalds), or radiation (e.g. sunburn). Electrical burns are less common, but are potentially more serious, as the depth of the burn is usually greater than is apparent, and cardiac arrhythmias may occur.

It is estimated that around 112,000 people visit Accident and Emergency departments each year as a result of burns or scalds and that at least a further 250,000 people visit GP surgeries for burns and scald injuries.

Around 7,800 people each year are admitted to hospital or specialist burns units with burns and scalds. Over 200 people die as a result of these injuries each year.

Children under 5 years old account for nearly 45% of all severe burns and scalds. About 50% of these accidents happen in the kitchen.

Cups of hot drinks are involved in about 1,265 severe burns a year (requiring admission to hospital), of which 1,100 occur with children less than 5 years of age. Most involve the child reaching up and pulling a mug or cup of hot drink on to himself or herself.

Baths are involved in over 570 severe burns a year. Most involve an unsupervised child falling or climbing into a bath of very hot water.

Other common causes of severe burns include kettles, teapots and coffee-pots, jugs of hot water, saucepans, irons, cookers, fires and heaters, and chip pans and deep fat fryers.

If you or someone you know have been injured as a result of a burn injury, consideration should be given as to whether there is a potential claim for compensation and it may be prudent to seek advise from a specialist solicitor on a true no win , no fee* basis. There is very likely to be an insurer responsible to pay such compensation, whether it be an accident at work [employers liability insurance], at some other person or bodies premises [ public liability insurance] or at home [ household insurance].

Victims of an accident can claim compensation for any injury. Claiming for any personal injury is the right of every individual as long as it was no fault of their own. Accidents cannot be avoided. They happen every day. An accident can happen anywhere, on the road, on the pavement while taking a walk, in the work place, or even while climbing stairs. Here is how to claim for any injury, when it is not your fault that had caused the mishap.

An accident results in personal injury to the victim and damages to property. For the benefit of the victim, compensation is awarded for such injuries in which the victim is paid financially for their loss, which will recuperate all the expenses due to the accident. Most claims will cover all the expenses inherited by the victim.

To make a successful compensation claim for a personal injury, the first step is to file a case. Without a case, one cannot proceed with the legal proceedings. Time frame is also an important aspect. The case should be lodged within three years of the incident. The victim must also have enough evidence to support the case. Evidence proves to be valuable and vital to confirm your innocence.

Compensation claims for personal injuries are best processed with the help of a solicitor. Personal injury solicitors are experts in the field and are familiar with the legal procedures; they can easily help the victim to win the case in court. Most of the solicitors go by ‘no win no fee’ arrangements in which the lawyer agrees not to take any fee from the victim if he does not win the case. If he wins the case, the victim gets 100% settlement amount and the opponent pays your lawyer.

Any trip, slip or fall should be reported to the authorities in charge. Even if it is an accident at work, the employer should be notified even if you are planning to claim against them, eventually. The incident should be recorded in the company accident log book. In the case of a road accident, the police should be called at the accident scene. Any medical assistance required should be called for. Collating evidence, if you are fit to do so, noting down personal details of the other driver involved and any witnesses.

A case to claim compensation cannot be filed if the incident happened due to your carelessness. One cannot file a case for an accident at work if it had happened due to you breaching company rules. It should be proved beyond doubt that the accident was at the fault of the third person.