Pallet Truck Injury Claims
If you’ve suffered any kind of pallet truck injury in the workplace, Tylers Solicitors’ experienced team are here to help you with your pallet truck injury claims. Our no win, no fee legal team can provide professional legal advice to help you get the compensation you deserve following your workplace accident.
What are the types of PPT accidents I can claim for?
Injuries in a warehouse can be sustained due to some unfortunate consequences leading up to an accident. An unnoticed leak that could have been cleared up or a faulty machine that could have been repaired are possible hazards that can lead to a successful PPT work accident claim.
Manufacturing plants and warehousing distribution centres for example, Amazon, can be particularly dangerous places to work and are common places for a PPT accident claim.
The most common type of factory accidents at work involves workers injured on a PPT due to abandoned packages. This means that packaging or disused containers have not been placed in a safe and orderly manner away from the floor.
What information will I be expected to disclose regarding my PPT injury claim?
In our free, no obligation initial telephone consultation, we will guide you through the legal proceedings process and ask you some questions about your PPT accident. At this stage, it will not be necessary for you to tell us all about your injuries.
Your consultation assesses your suitability for a successful PPT claim and eligibility for a compensation amount. You may be required to provide evidence of whether you have a PPT licence, depending on your claim.
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Will Tylers No-Win, No-Fee Solicitors Represent My PPT Accident Claim at Work?
If you have suffered a bodily injury from a PPT accident at work, a factory, or a distribution plant, you should seek the assistance of a legal service like ours, because you may be able to make a claim.
Call Tylers today on 0800 699 0079 or contact us via our online contact form to see if you can make an accident at work claim.
Pallet Truck Injury Compensation Amounts
If you have been a victim of a pallet injury at work or any other related injury, you may be able to eligible to make a compensation claim.
Compensation amounts depend on the severity of the injury, which equates to how much you may be owed, but you can use Tylers’ simple calculator to estimate just how much you may be entitled to!
Need more information? Don’t worry one of our professional claims solicitors will advise you along the way
Contact us on 0800 699 0079 or via our online contact form to start your claim today!
Minor pallet truck injuries
If you have experienced minor injuries, such as a minor elbow laceration or hand, finger, and thumb injury due to a pallet truck accident, then you could be owed compensation. Work equipment should always be maintained with a safety first approach. If your employer has failed this duty, get in touch with us today.
Between £5,800 to £15,370.
Leg pallet truck injury compensation amounts
If you’ve been affected by a pallet truck injury and it’s caused unnecessary injury to your leg, you may be owed compensation. Depending on the severity of the injury caused in the workplace, you could be owed a vast amount of compensation.
Up to £344,150 for loss of both legs.
Knee pallet truck injury compensation amounts
If you’ve suffered a knee injury in the workplace from a pallet truck fall or unstable equipment, resulting in harm, you could be owed compensation. The amount is purely down to the severity. Get in touch with us today to find out how much you could be owed.
Up to £117,410 for severe knee injuries.
Foot pallet truck injury compensation amounts
Foot injuries can often result from pallet trucks falling to pieces or deteriorating over time. If you’ve been injured in the workplace and it wasn’t your fault, get in touch with us today to find out the amount you could be entitled to.
Up to £85,460 for the most severe foot injuries.
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Frequently Asked Questions
What is PPT in a warehouse?
PPT stands for Powered Pallet Truck, but these vehicles are also known as a Low-Level Order Picker (LLOP). A PPT is an electric forklift commonly used in a warehouse to lift and move pallets.
Can you claim for a pallet truck accident at work?
Yes, you may be eligible to claim compensation for a pallet truck accident at work if you didn’t cause the accident. Pallet truck accidents are commonly caused by employer negligence, which shows a breach in their duty of care.
What types of injury can you get from a PPT?
If you get into an accident involving a PPT, you may suffer from crush injuries, broken bones, head and brain injuries, and back and spinal injuries. This depends on how the fault occurred.
What Supporting Evidence is Required?
Of course, it will help your case massively if we have clear proof to work with. Potentially having visible injuries to show and having broken pieces of equipment on hand will strengthen your case and make you more likely to claim compensation. However, we realise this isn’t always possible to do so.
Other things you can do to improve your chances is supply us with dates recorded of the accident, witness accounts and photographs of injuries the day it happened. Any further information that you may feel will be beneficial to your case can be presented to us. If you think it could improve your case, chances are it will. So, don’t leave anything out!
What are the Legislation's Protecting the Workforce?
It’s important to remember that every employer and workforce has a duty of care to look after all their employees. There are certain obligations that employers must follow in order to meet regulations that protect their workers’ health and safety. If they breach these and fail to meet standards, then you compensation claim may be eligible.
Here are a few obligations employers should be following:
- Checking risk assessments on a regular basis.
- Providing specialised and protective equipment.
- Making sure working conditions are clean and safe.
- Training staff in health and safety to look out for hazards.
- Relevant signposts present at all times.
How many pallet truck accidents are there in the UK?
According to the Health and Safety Executive (HSE), there are over 5000 incidents involving transport in the workplace every year, including pallet trucks. 50 of these incidents result in death.
Related Claims
If you have suffered any kind of injury while lifting heavy objects in the workplace you could be eligible to make a claim for manual handling compensation.
As of 2018, around 188,000 people were employed in UK warehouses, although the Covid pandemic led to a sharp increase in the number employed within the sector.
If you’ve been a victim of a falling object in the workplace, then you deserve compensation as it’s not your fault.
The UK’s manufacturing industry generates an annual output of around £192 billion – making it the 9th largest in the world.
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For any Accidents at Work Claims, call Tylers Solicitors today, a leading UK provider of no-win, no-fee legal services. Our experienced team will work with you to get the maximum amount of compensation you’re entitled to, following any kind of injury that isn’t your fault!