We can claim compensation for a worker who has broken a wrist at work. We can also claim if you have broken a wrist in a shop or other public place. Catherine Smith has experience in suing for broken wrist accidents. She introduces our no win no fee service in this video.

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Solicitors Claiming Compensation For Broken Wrists

A broken wrist is a painful and debilitating injury, and in the most serious cases may require months of rehabilitation and time off work. Many people break their wrists every year in the UK, often due to a slip, trip or fall from height at work. Others may fall and break their wrists at a commercial premises such as in a shop or car park. Whatever the scenario, any heavy fall may cause a broken wrist, as it is a natural protective reaction by people to seek to break a fall using their hands. The force of the impact is therefore sustained primarily by the wrists. The two most common types of wrist fracture are:

Colles Fractures

The most common form of broken wrist injury, where the break is across the end of the radius bone (the main bone in the forearm). Colles fractures are either displaced (the ends of the broken bone are separated) or nondisplaced (the bone remains in one piece).

Scaphoid Fractures

A break in one of the eight carpal bones located between the wrist and thumb. Scaphoid fractures can be extremely difficult to detect at an early stage as the break may initially be tiny, but will normally widen over the days and weeks following an accident. In other cases a Scaphoid fracture may pass completely unnoticed for many years.

Broken Wrist Treatment & Complications

Treatment for a broken wrist normally involves a cast or splint being applied to the joint, holding the bones in the correct position during the healing process. Severe Colles fractures may require surgery to reset the bones, and possibly the insertion of plates, pins and screws. The healing process in such cases will be prolonged over many months. There are also various complications which may affect an injured person's recovery from a broken wrist, including the possible onset of Carpal Tunnel Syndrome, where nerves in the hand have become damaged.

Broken Wrist Accidents At Work

Those who work at height run the highest risk of falls and broken wrist injuries. Workers may fall off ladders and scaffolding, or through insecure structures such as roofs. These accidents may result from various factors, including lack of training, lack of supervision and defective equipment (e.g. faulty scaffolding or an unsecured ladder). Seemingly minors slip and trip accidents also cause broken wrists, especially when a person falls at an unnatural angle, forcing the wrist out of position. Ice and snow are responsible for many of these types of accident in winter, though a recently cleaned wet floor may pose a similar hazard in any workplace.

Further Causes Of Broken Wrist Accidents At Work

Other accidents at work that causing broken wrist injuries include objects (e.g. tools, materials) falling from height and landing on a worker's forearm. These incidents are common in the construction and maintenance industries. Where heavy machinery is in use at warehouses, factories and in other industrial settings, the risk of very severe multiple wrist fractures exists if a worker's arm becomes trapped in a machine, or is crushed between two hard surfaces.

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How Much Compensation For A Broken Wrist?

The two most common questions from clients are can I claim compensation for a broken wrist, and if so how much compensation can I claim? Broken wrist compensation awards depend on a number of factors, most notably the physical extent of the injury, and the effect that it has on an injured person's life and prospects. For a minor fracture where a full or virtual recovery is made within a few months, awards will be in the region of £3,000. Colles fractures are deemed more serious and will lead to awards of around £4,750. In the most serious cases involving permanent disability, and complete loss of function in the wrist, awards may rise to £38,250.

Broken Wrist Compensation Claims

Provided your claim relates to an accident that has taken place in the last three years, we can represent you on a No Win No Fee basis. You are assured of keeping 100% of any compensation awarded, with no deductions. In the event that your compensation claim is successful our fees are paid by the losing party to the claim. The vast majority of the claims we take on are successful, and where they are not we will charge you nothing.

Bartletts Solicitors have been protecting and supporting clients for 150 years and enjoy a reputation nationwide for trusted legal advice. We are specialists in broken wrist injury compensation claims having successfully represented injured employees across a range of industries. Call us today on 0800 158 2454 for a free consultation regarding your case or to begin a claim. You can also contact us for free legal advice via our new Live Chat function.