At Home Machinery Claims

While defective machinery accidents are normally associated with at work environments, you could be injured by a piece of defective machinery within the home. If you’ve brought a machine or a type of equipment into your home that caused you to suffer an accident, you may be able to claim against the manufacturer.

Types Of At-Home Defective Machines

If you’ve been injured because of a defective machine, you could be able to claim defective machine compensation. There are many different types of machines that could cause injury within the home. Some of the most common items to cause accidents inside the home because of a mechanical fault are:

• Kettles
• Refrigerators
• TVs
• Microwaves
• Toasters
• Gas ovens
• At home power tools such as a saw or a welder.

If you’ve suffered an accident in your home because of defective equipment, you may not always be able to claim. If the accident was caused by a mechanical fault with your machine, then you could be able to claim. This is because the machine acted or malfunctioning in a way that it was not supposed to, putting your health and safety at risk.

If your accident and injuries was caused by your product malfunctioning, you should contact a personal injury solicitor to discuss the details of your case and to assess the validity of your defective machinery claim.

Types Of Injuries

There are many different types of injuries that you could suffer due to an at home machine related accident. Some of the more common injuries related to machine accidents include:

• Loss of fingers or toes.
• Burn injuries.
• Lacerations, scratches or cuts.
• Broken or fractured bones.
• Electric shocks.
• Eye injuries, causing sight loss.

If you’ve suffered an injury due to an accident involving at home machinery, you may be able to claim compensation. Your claim would be against the manufacturer of the item that caused your injury. You deserve to make a claim if you have been injured by a faulty or defective item.

Defective Machinery Personal Injury Compensation

There are many different types of injuries that you could suffer due to using faulty or defective machinery. The amount of compensation that you are awarded is unique to each case because each case is unique in itself. The amount of compensation that you are awarded will be determined by two categories: general damages and special damages.

General Damages

General damages refers to the physical and emotional damage caused by your injuries. In the simplest terms, it refers to compensation for pain and suffering. This type of compensation also covers any losses of amenity, aka a decrease in ability to function, that has arisen from the injuries sustained in an accident. Compensation will be awarded based upon the severity of these factors, understanding that the higher the severity of the injuries, the worse the pain/suffering and impact upon your life. To view estimates for personal injury types, visit our compensation calculator.

An example of a compensation estimate is £3,0101 – £46,780 for an elbow injury. You could be awarded anywhere between £22,340 – £82,080 for a severe knee injury. As you can see, compensation amounts can vary wildly for the same type of injury. Therefore, the best way to determine how much compensation you are likely to be awarded is to speak to a personal injury solicitor directly.

Special Damages

Special damages compensation refers to compensation that covers the financial losses and expenses incurred as a result of an accident or medical negligence. Special damages could help to reclaim a loss of income if you have been unable to work due to your injuries. Similarly, if you have had to pay to go a medical appointment or if you had to pay to travel to a medical appointment, you could be able to claim these medical costs back.

You should keep detailed records of any receipts or other documents which help to outline any relevant financial losses relating to your injuries. These can later be used during your personal injury case to try and determine how much defective machinery injury compensation you are owed. Once again, you should speak to a personal injury solicitor directly to understand how much compensation you are likely to be owed.

Making Personal Injury Claims

If you have suffered a personal injury, you may be entitled to receive compensation. First Personal Injury is available to assist you and ensure that you win the compensation that you deserve.

Contact our specialist team to begin the process, either by phone on 0333 358 2345 or through our online form.