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How I Injured Myself At Work

Friday, March 19th, 2010

After suffering a traumatic accident at work, an American man filled in the appropriate accident report form. According to the claims adjuster, “trying to do the job alone” was not a detailed enough description of how the accident happened. The following account was then given to explain how his injuries occurred:

“When working alone as a bricklayer at the top of a six story building I discovered at the end of the day that I had over 500 pounds of bricks remaining. As opposed to carrying them down the six flights of stairs by hand I concluded I would lower them down using the barrel and pulley attached to the roof.

Once the ropes were secured at ground level I returned to the roof and began to fill up the barrel. I then returned to the ground to free the rope and because the bricks weighed almost 5 times more than I did, I made sure I had a firm grip of the rope before releasing it. As you would imagine I was launched off the ground quite quickly and did not have the common sense to let go of the rope.

Proceeding at a rapid rate up the side of the building I was around the height of the third floor when I collided with the barrel causing the fractured skull and broken collarbone. Continuing my rapid accent I was stopped only by my fingers getting dragged into the pulley system.

Luckily at this point I had the common sense to keep hold of the rope despite being less a few fingers. Unfortunately at about the same time the barrel crashed to the ground expelling its contents. With a sudden change in balance myself and the barrel began to swiftly change places which accounts for my two fractured ankles and lacerations to my legs and lower body.

This collision was enough to reduce the speed of my impact with the ground but it was still severe. Unfortunately as I lay on the pile of bricks with three broken vertebrae and the previously mentioned injuries, I did not have the forethought to continue holding on to the rope…

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Whiplash Compensation Claims – How To Go About It

Sunday, March 7th, 2010

An injury to the cervical spine which occurs due to the sudden jerk motion of the head ether forward or backward is called Whiplash injury. This type of injury causes the sufferers prolonged pain in neck and the surrounding areas. The injured person is unable to perform the daily tasks such as long sitting in office, driving a car or sometimes even traveling becomes very difficult. Many people do not consider this as a serious injury which causes bad effects in long-term and gets worst as time passes. This must be taken care and must be treated well in time. There is a process to claim for whiplash injury.

The symptoms of whiplash injury start to show within seconds to day after it has occurred. The symptoms include pain in neck and stiffness, shoulders, back and surrounding areas. Below mentioned steps must be taken to take care of the patient:

* You must report to the doctor or health practitioner and let him examine the severity of the injury. He is able to diagnose if medical help is required or not.

* In order to claim for the whiplash compensation clams, a solicitor must be hired who has the knowledge about the procedure and is able to help you. This is because of the reason that claiming for whiplash compensation may be little difficult for the common man as there are legality involved in the process. Some solicitors do not charge anything to claim the compensation.

* The solicitor must be provided all the information about the details of the accident so that he is able to file for the claim in the court

* A short statement must be provided to the solicitor detailing the accident and the injury has happened along with the details of witnesses if any so that he is able to contact them and gather necessary information. The victim also files a police complaint in case he wants to claim for the compensation.

* After all the documents and information are in place, the solicitor contacts the driver of the other vehicle who was actually driving the car when the accident has happened and asks him to contact his insurance company. The minimum time to investigate the claim is for three months for his insurance company.

* A thorough medical checkup and reports are to be produced by the victim in case he has multiple injuries which must include the schedule for the treatment and this must be submitted with the solicitor so that he is able to get the claim.

* After all this process is complete, the solicitor is able to make the report on the losses and expenses which you have incurred due to the injury caused to the victim and submit the same to the insurance company of the other a party. After this procedure is complete, the victim is able to get the compensation.

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