What Could You Claim For A Radiator Injury?

To be able to make a claim for a radiator injury, you must prove that your injury was caused by someone else breaching the duty of care they owed you. This could include an employer or the party who has control over a public space. 

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In this guide, we will explain in more detail the duty of care you are owed whilst in a public place and at work. Additionally, we will provide examples of the types of evidence you could use to help support a potential claim. Furthermore, we will discuss how you could suffer a burn injury from a radiator. 

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  1. What Could You Claim For A Radiator Injury?
  2. Criteria To Claim For A Radiator Injury
  3. How To Prove Your Radiator Injury Claim
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What Could You Claim For A Radiator Injury?

General damages could compensate you for the pain and suffering your radiator injury has caused you. This is one of the two potential heads of claim that a settlement could be made up of. 

When valuing your claim, a legal professional may refer to a document called the Judicial College Guidelines (JCG). This document states compensation guidelines for various injuries at different severities. We have used the figures listed in the 16th edition of the JCG when producing the table below. 

However, you should only use this table as a guide. Your actual claim value might vary. 

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Injury Notes Compensation Guidelines
Scarring to Other Parts of the Body Burn injuries. Various factors, such as the percentage of the body affected and the cosmetic impact, will affect the amount awarded. Likely to exceed £104,830
Scarring to Other Parts of the Body The hands/arms/legs/chest/back have a singular disfiguring or multiple laceration scars. £7,830 to £22,730
Scarring to Other Parts of the Body A minor cosmetic effect caused by one noticeable scar or multiple superficial scars to the hands, legs or arms. £2,370 to £7,830
Very Severe Facial Scarring Applicable to claimants in their teens to early 30s where the psychological effect is severe, and there is an extremely disfiguring cosmetic effect. £29,780 to £97,330
Less Severe Facial Scarring There is a significant psychological reaction and a substantial disfigurement. £17,960 to £48,420
Moderate Foot Injuries Displaced fractures of the metatarsal causing permanent deformity. £13,740 to £24,990
Modest Foot Injuries Simple fractures to the metatarsals. Up to £13,740
Severe Toe Injuries Severe crush injuries resulting in full or partial amputation. £13,740 to £21,070
Serious Toe Injuries Severe big toe injuries or several fractures to two or more toes. £9,600 to £13,740
Moderate Toe Injuries Straightforward fractures or exacerbation of another condition. Up to £9,600

Other Compensation You May Be Eligible To Claim

Furthermore, your compensation settlement could include special damages. This aims to compensate you for the financial losses caused by your injury, such as:

  • A loss of earnings.
  • Travel costs.
  • Medical expenses.

Additionally, you must provide evidence regarding these losses to claim them under special damages. Payslips, receipts, and invoices could all be used as proof to support your claim.

Contact our advisors today if you have any questions about making a personal injury claim for your radiator injury. If you do have a valid claim, they could connect you with a No Win No Fee solicitor from our panel. 

Criteria To Claim For A Radiator Injury

Certain criteria must be met in order to make a claim for a radiator injury. These are:

  1. Someone must have owed you a duty of care.
  2. This person must have breached their duty of care.
  3. Because of this, you were injured in an accident. Negligence is another term for a breach of duty of care that causes harm. 

A radiator could harm you while visiting a cafe or staying in a hotel. Additionally, you could be injured by a radiator in your workplace. Below, we will look at some examples of how a radiat

Radiator Injuries In Public

You are owed a duty of care in public places. The party that controls a public space, otherwise known as the ‘occupier’, must take steps to ensure your reasonable safety when you are using that space for its intended purpose. This duty of care is outlined in the Occupiers’ Liability Act 1957. Performing risk assessments and making visitors aware of hazards is part of their duty of care.

If an occupier were to breach their duty of care, this could result in you being injured in an accident whilst in a public place.

Radiator Accidents At Work

Your employer owes you a duty of care while you’re working. This duty of care is stated in the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974. As per this duty, your employer must take the reasonable steps the ensure your safety. They could perform regular maintenance checks on work equipment to uphold their duty of care.

If your employer were to breach this duty, this could result in you being injured in an accident at work. As a result, you could be entitled to claim compensation. 

How Long Could You Have To Claim?

Additionally, you must ensure that your claim for a radiator injury begins within the time limit stated in the Limitation Act 1980. You will have 3 years to begin your claim from when negligence occurred.

However, there are certain exceptions to this time limit. This applies to claims involving those who lack the mental capacity to start a claim for themself, and children. 

Do not hesitate to contact our advisors if you have any questions about the time limits for personal injury claims. Additionally, they could provide you with more information about the exceptions mentioned above.

How To Prove Your Radiator Injury Claim

When making a claim for a radiator injury, providing as much relevant evidence as possible could help support your claim. It could prove that you suffered an injury and be used to help demonstrate who was was liable for the accident.

Some examples of the evidence you could use in your claim include:

  • Any photographs, videos, or CCTV footage of the accident.
  • Eyewitnesses’ contact information.
  • Photographs of any exposed radiator pipes or leaks, or of a radiator that has fallen from the wall. This could help with demonstrating what the hazard was that caused you to be injured. 
  • A copy of your medical records detailing any treatment you have needed.

Contact our advisors to see whether you could make a claim following a radiator accident. If they think you could, they may connect you with one of our solicitors, who could help you gather evidence.

What Could Cause A Radiator Burn Or Scald?

There are various ways that a radiator could injure you. Some examples include:

  • A hotel accident. For example, if the hotel has not regularly maintained its radiators, one of them could leak, causing a small puddle on the floor. You could slip on this puddle and suffer a sprained ankle or a burn injury if you were to land on the radiator.
  • Your employer does not provide you with the proper protective equipment you need when fixing a radiator. This could cause hot steam and boiling water to burn your face when you remove the radiator cap.
  • A cafe has not properly fixed a radiator to the wall. As you’re walking past, it falls from the wall and lands on your foot resulting in a foot injury. 

However, you must remember that not all accidents could lead to a claim. You must prove that your radiator injury was caused by negligence.

Contact our team of advisors to see whether you could make a personal injury claim. They can offer you free legal advice and provide guidance on the process of claiming.

Why Select Accident Claims UK For Your No Win No Fee Radiator Accident Claim?

You can contact our advisors if you are unsure whether you could pursue a claim for your radiator injury. They could advise you whether you could be eligible to start a claim. Furthermore, if you are, they could put you in contact with one of our solicitors who could help you. They may offer to represent you with a kind of No Win No Fee agreement called a Conditional Fee Agreement in place.

When claiming with a solicitor with a CFA, you are usually not expected to pay anything upfront to them for their services. You are also not expected to pay your solicitor for their services if the claim is unsuccessful. However, if you’re awarded compensation, you will pay them a success fee from your compensation. The amount the success fee is legally capped.

Contact our advisors if you have any questions about claiming with one of our No Win No Fee solicitors.

Contact Our Expert Team

We understand that you could still have questions after reading this guide. If so, you can contact our friendly team of advisors today. They are available 24/7 to answer your questions about personal injury claims. Additionally, they could connect you with a solicitor from our panel if you have a valid claim for a radiator injury.

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Guide by MR

Edited by FS