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Workplaces can be dangerous. Factories, building sites and farms have obvious dangers, but even places like offices and shops can have their hazards if they aren't run properly. Nobody deserves to go to work and come back injured. Making a compensation claim makes an employer sit up and take notice, and can help to make sure the same thing doesn't happen to someone else.
The law requires employers to make workplaces as safe as they reasonably can. That way, when someone makes a mistake - and sooner or later, someone will - the chances of someone suffering an injury are reduced. Employers can't usually avoid the blame by blaming one of their employees for having done something they shouldn't.
Specific health and safety regulations cover things like safe tools and equipment, the physical condition of workplaces, lifting and carrying, providing proper training and supervision, work at height and exposure to hazardous substances. Other regulations cover specific activities like building sites or work at sea.
Businesses are legally responsible for what their employees do. This means that if you suffer an injury because someone doing their job has made a mistake, not followed instructions or even deliberately caused it, either through a joke getting out of hand or an assault, you may be able to bring a case against the employer.
