Workplace Injury Solicitor in Kerry

Workplace injuries across Kerry's industries

Kerry's economy spans tourism and hospitality, farming, construction, food production, retail and healthcare. Each brings its own hazards, and the evidence that matters in a claim differs from sector to sector.

Hospitality and tourism

Hotels, restaurants and bars are among the county's largest employers, and the pace during the season raises the risk. Common injuries include burns and scalds in kitchens, slips on wet or greasy floors, cuts from slicers and knives, and back and shoulder injuries among housekeeping and porter staff. Seasonal and part-time workers have exactly the same protection as permanent staff.

Farming and agriculture

Farming remains one of the most dangerous occupations in Ireland. Claims commonly involve tractors and PTO shafts, livestock handling, slurry and gas exposure, falls from heights in sheds, and machinery maintenance. Whether a claim arises depends on who controlled the work and the equipment, which may be an employer, a contractor, a supplier or a manufacturer.

Construction and trades

Falls from height remain the single biggest cause of serious injury on building sites, along with scaffolding collapses, falling materials, excavation accidents and injuries from power tools. On sites with several parties, responsibility may rest with the main contractor, a subcontractor or the site owner.

Factories, warehouses and food production

Typical claims involve unguarded machinery, forklift and loading bay accidents, falling stock, conveyor injuries and repetitive strain from production line work.

Retail, healthcare and office work

Stockroom falls, injuries from lifting deliveries, patient handling injuries in care work, needlestick injuries, and repetitive strain and back problems from poor workstation setup all give rise to claims.

Occupational illness and gradual injury

Not every workplace injury happens in a single moment. Noise-induced hearing loss, repetitive strain and upper limb disorders, respiratory illness from dust or chemicals, and back conditions from years of manual handling can all be the subject of a claim. For these, the two-year limit generally runs from the date you knew, or ought to have known, that the condition was linked to your work rather than from your first day in the job.

What we do

We assess liability, identify the correct defendant, obtain engineering and medical evidence where needed, prepare the Injuries Resolution Board application, and issue court proceedings where the claim is not resolved.

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