Hand Injuries

It is reported that hand injuries account for around 10% of hospital admissions, with injuries varying from cuts and bruises to broken bones. Some of the most common injuries to the hands are caused by blunt trauma and sharp objects.

All sorts of incidents can give rise to hand injuries, from road traffic accidents, slips, trips and falls and accidents at work to sports injuries or personal attacks.

One specific hand injury that leads to many compensation claims is Hand Arm Vibration Syndrome, also called Vibration White Finger. As this is a syndrome that develops as a consequence of using vibrating machinery in the workplace, compensation cases are usually processed as industrial disease claims.

Just as for all personal injury claims, it is important that you get your hand injury looked at by a medical professional when you suffer the injury in order to best help your case for compensation. The information provided in these medical reports are important, however even if you did not get medical attention at the time, as long as you get sufficient medical reports after the fact that back up your claim, and providing that the injury did not occur more than three years ago, you could still be eligible to claim.

Speak to one of our trained team to get advice on the particular situation behind your hand injury to see if you could claim compensation.