Injury at Work Due to Inadequate Training or Lack of Training
Claim compensation for workplace injury caused by lack of training or poor training
Employers must ensure that workers are taught how to do their job properly and safely to avoid accidents or injury. This is a wide ranging duty and covers systems and methods of work, use of machinery and other work equipment, and use of personal protective equipment for example;
- Knowing where the emergency stop button is
- Knowing how to operate machinery
- Knowing how to assess how heavy a load is and how it should be lifted
Given its wide-ranging importance this area is covered by a raft of regulations including;
The Manual Handling Operations Regulations 1992, The Personal Protective Equipment at Work Regulations 1992, and The Provision And Use of Work Equipment Regulations 1992 as well as many others.
Employers are not automatically entitled to rely upon training and experience from previous jobs and must make a proper assessment of a worker’s abilities and knowledge for themselves. They must also ensure that training is regularly refreshed and any new matters (e.g. new work equipment or systems of work) are covered in training. Employers also have a greater duty to look out for more vulnerable, younger, pregnant or temporary workers.
Lack of training is an issue which often comes up in work injury and accident cases and we are experienced in seeking copies of the correct documentation and obtaining the relevant evidence in respect of training issues generally to give a case the best possible chance of success.