Hamstring Injury at Work – A Guide to Claiming Compensation

Hamstring injuries can be extremely painful and make it very difficult for you to carry out your normal daily activities (driving, working, family responsibilities etc). If your employer’s negligence has caused your injury, you might be entitled to compensation for your suffering. This guide on hamstring injury at work claims will help you understand your options.

You can contact us now if you have any questions about claiming for a hamstring injury. We provide a no-obligation initial consultation over the phone for anyone who is thinking about claiming. Your case will be reviewed for free and we’ll explain your chances of being compensated. If the claim appears to be feasible, we could connect you with an accident-at-work solicitor from our team. If your hamstring injury at work claim is taken on, it will be managed on a No Win, No Fee basis.

The best way to find out if you could be entitled to compensation for a work-related hamstring injury is to:

• Call 0333 241 2519 to explain your case to a legal advisor.
• Use our free 24/7 live chat service to speak to us online.

Please read on for more on hamstring injury claims but please get in touch with any questions that arise.

Can I Make a Hamstring Injury at Work Claim?

Employer duty of care (in relation to the Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974) means that they need to take care of you and protect your welfare while you’re working.

Some examples of how this can be achieved to try and prevent hamstring injuries include:

• Conducting thorough risk assessments of the workplace regularly.
• Removing any hazards identified where possible.
• If hazards can’t be removed, provide Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) such as anti-slip footwear.
• Keep the workplace as tidy and clutter-free as possible.
• Train all staff on how to do their jobs safely i.e. offer manual handling training.
• Ensure all workplace equipment is well maintained and suitable for the job at hand.

Failure to implement such measures could mean that your employer has been negligent. As such, you may be entitled to claim compensation for a hamstring injury at work if:

• At the time of your accident, your employer owed you a duty of care.
• Your accident happened because that duty was not upheld i.e. your employer was negligent; and
• As a consequence, you sustained a hamstring injury.

To check if you’re entitled to claim compensation for a hamstring injury at work, please call our legal advisors now.

What Types of Negligence Can Lead to a Hamstring Injury at Work Claim?

Workplace hamstring injuries can happen in various ways, often due to employer negligence. Here are some examples of scenarios that could lead to a hamstring injury claim:

• While working in a supermarket, you slipped on water from a leaking freezer that management knew about but neglected to repair. This sudden slip caused a severe hamstring strain.
• Your employer failed to provide adequate training and equipment for handling heavy lifting safely, leading to chronic hamstring strain.
• In a warehouse, heavy items stacked improperly fell as you tried to lift a load, forcing you into a position that overextended your muscles and resulted in a painful torn hamstring.
• As a delivery driver, you were required to repeatedly lift and carry heavy loads without rest breaks, resulting in hamstring tendonitis.

Our solicitors could help you claim for a work-related hamstring injury even if we’ve not listed your accident type here. Please feel free to call us and let us know what happened and we’ll start the ball rolling.

Types of Hamstring Injuries at Work We Can Help With

Some common work-related hamstring injuries that could qualify for compensation include:

• Hamstring strains (Grade 1, 2, or 3).
• Partial or complete hamstring tears.
• Hamstring tendonitis.
• Avulsion injuries (where the hamstring is torn from the bone).
• Chronic hamstring syndrome from repetitive strain.
• Other soft tissue injuries in the hamstring area.

In addition to any immediate pain and limitations caused by your hamstring injury, compensation should also cover potential future complications, such as chronic pain or mobility issues. To assess the long-term impact, your injury will be reviewed by an independent medical specialist.

To see if you could claim compensation for a hamstring injury at work, contact our legal advisors now.

What Should I Do If I Injured My Hamstring at Work?

If you are involved in an accident at work and suspect that you’ve injured your hamstring, you should:

• Seek professional medical help to try and prevent your hamstring injury from worsening. This is important because hamstring injuries might need an X-ray or MRI scan to be correctly diagnosed.
• Tell your employer what happened. This should be done at the earliest opportunity. If you can’t report the accident in person, ensure you send an email so that there is a paper trail.
• Ensure that an accident report form is completed with all of the details needed and you’re given a copy.

By taking these steps, you might help your employer to prevent similar hamstring injuries from occurring in the future. What’s more, you could end up with some of the evidence you’ll need to support a hamstring injury compensation claim if you decide to make one.

What Evidence Can Be Used for a Hamstring Injury Claim?

Any claim you make against your employer will normally be handled by their insurance provider. As such, you will need evidence that convinces them about why your employer is liable for your hamstring injury, how you’ve suffered and how the injury occurred.

To help build as strong a hamstring injury claim as possible, you could provide any of the following:

• A copy of your GP or hospital records to prove your injury.
• Your copy of an accident report form to show where and when the accident occurred.
• Video footage (from CCTV cameras or bodycams) that captured the accident in progress.
• Photographs of the accident scene that show any defects or hazards that caused you to be injured.
• Details of any potential witnesses to your accident.

While it would be helpful to have all of the information listed here to support your claim, we understand that it’s not always achievable. Therefore, please feel free to contact us about your hamstring compensation claim even if you don’t have all of the evidence listed above.

How Long Do I Have to Claim Hamstring Injury Compensation?

According to UK law, specifically the Limitation Act 1980, there is a 3-year time limit for all personal injury claims.

If your hamstring injury was sustained in an accident at work, your time limit will normally begin from the date of the accident. However, if you’ve suffered a repetitive strain injury, for instance, your 3-year time limit may begin on the date your hamstring injury was diagnosed.

We would recommend seeking legal advice at the earliest possible opportunity. That’s because while 3 years is a long time, it’s often easier to recall what happened in the days and weeks after your accident at work. Additionally, it will take some time for evidence to be collected to try and prove your case.

How Much Compensation for Hamstring Injury at Work?

Compensation levels for hamstring injury at work claims can vary as each claim is unique. If you are offered a settlement it will aim to compensate you for:

• The pain and discomfort your hamstring injury has caused and any of your normal activities that it has disrupted.
• Any costs, financial losses and expenses that have been incurred because of your injured hamstring.

Your solicitor’s job is to try and secure as much compensation as possible for your suffering. As such, before consulting the Judicial College Guidelines (JCG) which lists potential compensation ranges for different injuries, they’ll arm themselves with medical records and independent reports to ascertain how much suffering you’ve endured.

Compensation for any financial losses caused by a hamstring injury could be awarded to cover:

• Medical and rehabilitation expenses.
• Loss of income.
• The cost of care or support at home.
• Travel expenses.
• Future loss of earnings for more serious and long-term injuries.
• Home adaptation costs if you’ve sustained a permanent disability and need improved accessibility.

To try and ensure that you receive the correct level of compensation for a hamstring injury, it is important to retain any financial records that prove your losses.

Will I Need a Solicitor to Make a Hamstring Injury Compensation Claim?

While there are defined pre-action protocols for personal injury claims, they don’t necessarily make the claims process straightforward. That can be especially true if your hamstring injury claim is contested by your employer’s insurers. For instance, they might ask for detailed medical or legal evidence to support your allegations.

As such, you might find the claims process easier if you’re represented by a workplace injury solicitor from our team. For instance, some of the services they may offer in hamstring injury at work claims include:

• Collection and collation of supporting evidence.
• Claim filing.
• Handling of all communications to shield you from direct contact.
• Fighting your corner and trying to counter any arguments raised.
• Sending you updates regularly so you know how the claim is progressing.
• Trying to ensure that all of your suffering is properly compensated.

Crucially, all hamstring compensation claims accepted by our solicitors are dealt with on a No Win, No Fee basis.

This means that after you’ve signed a Conditional Fee Agreement (CFA), you’ll only need to pay for your solicitor’s efforts if you receive a compensation payout.

Will I Be Sacked for Claiming Against My Employer?

Many workers worry about the consequences of starting a personal injury claim against their employer. However, you have legal protection which means that your employer cannot discipline you as a result of your hamstring injury claim (so long as it’s honest).

As a result, if you claim for a work-related injury, you cannot be dismissed, bullied, demoted, denied training or singled out in any other way.

If you have faced such actions as a direct consequence of your claim, please let us know as you might have grounds to claim separately for unfair or constructive dismissal.

Contacting Us About a Hamstring Injury at Work Claim

If you believe your hamstring injury is linked to your employer’s negligence and would like to claim compensation, you can:

• Call us on 0333 241 2519 to discuss your options with a legal advisor.
• Use our live chat service to connect with us at any time of night or day.

You’re under no obligation to make a claim with us after you’ve contacted our team. As such, you have nothing to lose by getting in touch. What’s more, if your hamstring injury at work claim is accepted, you’ll only have to pay for your solicitor’s work if you are compensated because of their No Win, No Fee service.