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Knee Injury At Work Claims
If you’ve suffered a knee injury at work, we can help you claim compensation
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Knee Injury At Work Claims
If you’ve suffered a knee injury at work, we can help you claim compensation
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How JF Law Can Help You
Last Updated 18th November 2025. Any type of knee injury can have an impact on your life. For example, a twisted knee could make it difficult for you to walk, work, or drive. In some cases, if you suffer a knee injury at work, you could be entitled to claim compensation.
We understand how disruptive a knee injury can be. It can stop you working, stop you enjoying time with friends and family, and can even stop you from leaving the house.
In the most serious cases, a severe knee injury at work could change your life forever.
Here at JF Law, we know and understand all of this. It’s why we put you at the heart of everything we do. From the moment you get in touch to the moment we settle your case, we’ll be here to help.
Our accident at work solicitors and lawyers have been practising for decades and have helped thousands of clients recover the compensation they deserve. Since 2016, we’ve helped recover over £85 million in compensation and we can help you too.
If you’d like to check for free if you can make a claim today, please:
- Call 0151 375 9916
- Or click the button below
Below, we discuss the criteria to make a knee injury at work compensation claim, how these injuries happen, and how much you could receive in a payout.
Meet Our Expert Accident At Work Solicitors
Patrick Mallon is the head of our accident at work department. He is a qualified solicitor with over 20 years of experience.
He specialises in workplace injury claims, especially those involving joints, like knees. He understands the claims process like the back of his hand and always pushes to get the most compensation possible in a case.
If you’d like to speak with Patrick and the team, get in touch today.
Examples Of Knee Injuries You Could Suffer At Work
The knee is one of the most important joints for our mobility. If you hurt one of your knees during the course of your daily work duties, this could be considered a knee injury at work.
Some examples of the types of knee injuries that could be sustained in an accident at work include:
- Knee dislocations.
- A fractured kneecap (patella).
- Ligament tears.
- Cartilage damage.
- Muscle and tendon damage.
- Sprains, twists, and strains.
- Cuts, grazes and gashes
Let’s look at how these incidents can happen.
How Can Knee Injuries Happen In Workplaces?
Knee injuries can be sustained in a wide range of situations. We’ve tried to include as many examples as possible here to illustrate how they could happen. However, even seemingly trivial accidents can cause serious injuries, so if you don’t see your circumstances described, please don’t worry. Get in touch with us anyway to discuss your case and we can offer further advice.
Some examples of potential causes of knee injuries include:
- If you slipped on a wet floor because a leak or spillage was not cleaned up or warning signs were not used.
- Where you tripped over a cable in an office that had not been covered up.
- If a handrail was loose or missing, causing you to fall down the stairs.
- Also relating to stairways, if the lighting was too poor to see where you were going, you could fall and hurt your knee.
- You suffered a knee injury after items that were poorly stacked fell onto you.
- You could hurt your knee if you get struck by vehicles in the workplace, like forklift trucks.
- Sometimes manual handling can cause knee injuries. For example, if you haven’t been properly trained on correct lifting techniques, then you may try and lift a heavy item and cause damage to your knee.
How Much Compensation Could I Get For A Knee Injury At Work?
You could receive up to £117,410 for a knee injury at work, depending on the severity.
No two knee injuries are the same. Therefore, until your claim has been properly assessed, it’s not possible to provide an accurate compensation estimate.
However, settlements awarded following successful claims could comprise two heads of loss. The first is general damages which compensates for the pain and suffering of your injuries.
Solicitors can use medical evidence and a document called the Judicial College Guidelines (JCG) to help them value general damages. You can find a selection of the guideline compensation brackets contained within the JCG in the table below. These figures come from the latest edition.
Please use these figures as guidance because various factors such as the severity of your knee injury and the impact on your life will be considered when calculating the value of your claim. Additionally, the top row was not taken from this document.
| Type Of Injury | Severity | Guideline Bracket |
|---|---|---|
| Multiple Injuries and Special Damages | Multiple injuries of a severe nature and related out-of-pocket expenses, including lost wages, mobility aids and home modifications | Up to or more than £250,000 |
| Knee Injury | Severe (i) with joint disruption | £85,100 to £117,410 |
| Severe (ii) fracture extending into joint | £63,610 to £85,100 | |
| Severe (iii) less severe disability | £31,960 to £53,030 | |
| Moderate (i) minor instability from dislocation, torn cartilage or meniscus | £18,110 to £31,960 | |
| Moderate (ii) less serious | Up to £16,770 |
Knee Injury At Work Compensation - Special Damages
Your knee injury at work compensation may also consider special damages. Special damages relate to the out-of-pocket expenses incurred by your knee injury. Suffering a knee injury at work may incur various expenses, including:
- Loss of earnings – this covers time off to recover, missing pension contributions and holiday pay.
- Mobility aids – such as a walking stick and/or a wheelchair.
- Private medical care – for example, surgery to repair your knee and therapy to help with the mental health impact of suffering an injury.
- Home modifications – such as railings and a stairlift to prevent falls caused by your injury.
These are just a few examples of the expenses a knee injury might incur. To help ensure that you can include special damages as part of your claim, make sure you save proof of your costs, such as receipts and payslips.
An advisor can provide you with a free estimate of how much compensation for your knee injury at work, which will consider your special damages. Call today.
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Can I Claim Compensation For A Knee Injury At Work?
In order to make a knee injury at work compensation claim, it’s important to meet certain criteria.
All employers owe their staff a responsibility, also known as a duty, to keep them safe and free from harm, as much as it’s possible for them to do so.
This duty of care is established by the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974.
This law means that employers must take reasonable steps to try and prevent you from being injured at work. Some of the steps they can take to uphold their duty include:
- Performing regular risk assessments of the workplace to identify any potential dangers.
- Providing training on workplace safety and work tasks (i.e. manual handling training).
- Maintain all equipment so it is safe for use.
- Provide Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) if required.
- Keep the workplace as tidy as possible, such as keeping walkways and stairwells clear of trip hazards.
If your employer fails to uphold this duty, it could lead to a workplace accident in which you sustain harm. However, it’s important to note that not all accidents at work will entitle you to make a personal injury claim. Essentially, claims are only possible if you can prove:
- You were owed a duty of care by your employer at the time of the accident.
- Your employer breached their duty of care in some way; and
- As a result, you sustained a knee injury.
If all of the above is true in your case, you may be entitled to begin a personal injury claim for a knee injury at work.
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Do I Need Proof For My Compensation Claim?
In any type of personal injury claim, evidence will be needed to help prove your employer breached their duty of care, caused you harm and to show how your injuries have affected you.
In knee injury at work claims, the evidence you could provide could include:
- Photographs of the accident scene and pictures of any visible injuries.
- CCTV footage of the accident happening.
- Contact information for anybody who saw you injure your knee.
- A copy of the report form relating to your accident.
- Medical record copies, such as doctor reports, hospital reports, and scans.
- Evidence of any financial costs your injuries have caused.
Case Studies On Knee Injury At Work Claims
We look at a few example knee injury at work claims case studies* to help you understand if you have good grounds to seek compensation.
£150,000 Payout For An Accident At Work
Mr K received a £150,000 payout for an accident at work involving a faulty ladder. As a plasterer, Mr K needed to climb ladders to carry out his job duties. However, his employer failed to check the ladder he was using for faults prior to use. He fell, suffering a severe knee injury upon impact.
He was not able to return to work as a plasterer and found that he struggled to stand for long periods of time without his knee swelling and causing pain. As a result, he had to retrain for a job in administration.
A No Win No Fee solicitor helped him secure a £65,000 general damages payout with a £85,000 special damages payout covering his lost earnings, retraining needs and mobility aids.
£25,000 Payout For An Office Worker Knee Injury
Ms J secured a £25,000 payout for a knee injury with the support of an accident at work solicitor. Ms J was getting an item from a supply cupboard when she slipped on a wet floor without a warning sign. She ensured that the accident book was filled out by a first aider while a colleague brought her to the hospital. She was diagnosed with a dislocation and signed off work for 8 weeks while she recovered.
Her payout included compensation for her physical injury plus the expenses incurred, including the lost wages and having her car towed from her place of work to her home, taxi fares while she couldn’t drive and the cost of hiring a house cleaner while she recovered.
To find out whether you have a valid claim for knee injury at work compensation, speak to one of our advisors now. If you do, they can connect you to a specialist accident at work solicitor who can help you secure a payout that considers all your damages.
How We Can Help You On A No Win No Fee Basis
Making a personal injury claim against your employer could be easier if you’re supported by our specialist solicitors. That’s because we will:
- Help to collect the evidence needed to substantiate your claim.
- Value how much compensation you could receive.
- Deal with all communication with the defendant.
- Provide regular updates about how the case is progressing.
- Manage the claims process from start to finish.
Importantly, we provide a No Win No Fee service for any claim we agree to work on.
This means that we will get started on your case without being paid any fees upfront.
If the claim is resolved, we will receive a small success fee. This is a percentage of any compensation you’re awarded and is legally capped. That means you’ll receive the bulk of any compensation paid. If your claim fails, you will not have to pay us any fees.
To see if you could make a claim for a knee injury at work with our No Win No Fee solicitors, you can:
- Call 0151 375 9916 to speak with an advisor.
- Complete our Contact Us page so that an advisor can call you back.
Read More About Claiming Knee Injury Compensation
Here are a few more of our guides that you might like to refer to:
- Information about when an ankle injury at work could result in a compensation claim.
- Advice on what to do after an accident at work including how to report it.
- If you’ve broken a leg at work, this guide will explain how much compensation you could receive.
Finally, here are some other resources that may be helpful:
- NHS information on how to deal with knee pain and when you should see a doctor.
- Advice about manual handling techniques from the Health and Safety Executive (HSE).
- Information about your eligibility to claim Statutory Sick Pay (SSP) from GOV.UK
Thanks for reading our article about knee injury at work claims. Please feel free to get in touch if you have any questions. *Please note that the case studies are illustrative.
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