What type of compensation claims can be made for disabilities?

The increasing awareness surrounding compensation claims have now meant that claim can be made for certain disabilities; this may be due to incompetency or due to accidents. There is a broad range of reasons compensation claims can be made for disability, these may possibly be linked to becoming injured at work. There has of late been an increase in the amount of claims being made for stability compensation due to many no win, no fee firms being set up. When an organisation fails to offer a safe working environment or fails to offer the correct training in relation to using equipment, the organisation becomes liable to a compensation claim if an injury is caused. Claims can be made for any injuries when using broken or unsuitable equipment or if there has been a failure to provide training.
Compensation claims can even be made if a disability is gained if an organisation has failed to provide a suitable working environment. This means providing a char which can operate at different levels, supports the back, a desk of suitable height and also suitably adapted computer hardware. Many organisations in the last decade have had to invest large amounts of money to ensure they do not have any compensation claims brought against them.
People who work outside of offices can also claim for disability if it is caused at work. Employers must provide suitable protective clothing and training if required. For example in the UK large amounts of bin men have made disability claims due to a failure to provide the correct equipment for the job.
Many compensation claims are also made for disability caused through a trip, slip or fall. No matter where this occurs, someone is often liable. For example if somebody was to fall on a wet floor in a supermarket and this floor was not signed as wet, the supermarket is liable. The increase in no win, no fee companies has also meant a rise in the number of people claiming for disability endured during car crashes. The majority of the claims made are due to whiplash being caused, claims have become so frequent that income premiums have increased greatly. Claims have become so frequent that there appears to be a claims culture have developed, especially within the UK.
It appears that almost any disability caused through the fault of somebody leaves the potential for a compensation claim. For example, in the Yorkshire town of Barnsley, the Council was ordered to pay 3,000 to someone injured through the use of a park slide. Compensation claims can also be made for disability caused due to war or medical negligence. Many troops who reached home recently from Afghanistan have made claims for disability caused. The pay outs made are often incredibly low which has recently caused outrage across the British public and British media.
Serious claims of which pay outs can reach many millions have and can be awarded for serious medical negligence.