When you get an injury at work, you will have to keep few things in mind before you apply for a work injury compensation claim. First and foremost, you need to ask a simple question to yourself, “Am I responsible for this injury at office?” if the answer to this question is a no, then you are entitled to personal injury compensation. If no one is at fault for your injury, then there are chances that you may not get the claim compensation.
When you meet with an accident at work, you have to search for the injury book or accident book and make an entry in that book. You will have enter details such as nature of accident, person responsible for the accident, description of personal injury and other details. If you office does not have an accident book or injury book, then you will have to write down the details of the accident and hand it over to your employer. When you are handing over the hard copy of the injury description letter, make sure that you get an acknowledgement of receipt on a photocopy from the employer. You may have to submit this copy when you are making the work injury compensation claim.
When you have received a personal injury, there are mainly two types of compensations that you can claim. First is the general damage compensations and the second is the special damage compensation. You need to know the difference between the two types of personal compensations before making a personal injury compensation claim.
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