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This accident at work site has been devised to provide mere guidance on various personal injury topics. It is always recommended to seek professional legal advice from an experienced solicitor.

Office work stands as one of the safest work environments, but there are still concerns that need to be addressed here. Stress is a common issue in office work and this stress could have of course arisen from workplace bullying that can lead to post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). This is prominent in various working environments and so it will be studied on another day. The chosen topic today is repetitive strain injury (RSI). This counts as an industrial disease where continuous repetition over time has lead on to either mild or severe symptoms of pain due to the muscles, nerves and tendons. The computer is of course creating these RSI compensation claims in the office environment. Many office workers work on the computer for long hours and you do hear of those who work with no breaks (which is against the law).

Working for long hours on the keyboard and mouse cause problems, as can the seating position. It doesn’t help that outside working hours, people use computers for extended hours, esp the Facebook generation. As far as for the repetitive strain injury compensation amounts, a mild RSI claim would usually stand around £2000 and up. Severe RSI claims on the other side of the coin could fetch up to the £10,000 mark, although in extreme cases it could be a larger figure. Slips and trips in the office are another common danger in this working environment, but I did feel that RSI was worth using today, especially in this modern age of computing. With personal injury compensation claims, there is of course a three year limitation period from the time that the accident took place, but since this is an industrial disease the limitation would stand at three years after the date of knowledge. This is relevant as RSI symptoms can take months, even years to appear.