Arm Injury Compensation Claims
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If you broke or injured your arm in an accident that was not your fault, at work, on the road or in a public place, you may be able to claim. A broken arm claim is the most common kind we handle on this page, and broken arm compensation is made of two parts: the fracture itself, and everything it cost you while the arm was out of action.
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Can you claim arm injury compensation?
Where your accident happened matters less than who was responsible. On the road, other drivers owe you care. At work, your employer must keep you reasonably safe. In shops and public places, whoever controls the space must maintain it properly. When one of them falls short and your arm is injured as a result, you may be able to claim arm injury compensation. Your injury does not need to be severe to count, and you do not need to know who was at fault before you call. Working that out is our job, not yours.
You will see this claim written a dozen ways. A claim for a broken arm, a broken arm injury claim, compensation for broken arm fractures, compensation for arm injury of any kind, a personal injury claim for broken arm damage, broken arm compensation claims and arm injury claims are all the same file. What changes the case is who was responsible, not what you call it.
How arm injuries happen when someone else is at fault
Arms take the impact in most accidents, because reaching out to break a fall is instinct. That is why so many claims we see involve fractures to the forearm, the upper arm and the joints at either end: a slip on an unmarked wet floor, a fall from a ladder that should have been secured, a cyclist knocked off at a junction.
A claim for an arm injury in construction is its own category, because the risks are written down. Falls from height, dropped loads, unguarded machinery and vibrating tools are all foreseeable on a site, and where the control measures existed on paper but not in practice, the paperwork is usually what proves the claim.
Others build up over time rather than in one moment. Repetitive work without proper breaks or rotation, and vibrating tools used without the right equipment or limits, can damage arms and hands gradually. If your employer knew the risk and did not manage it, a gradual injury can support a claim just as an accident can.
workers in Great Britain had a work-related musculoskeletal disorder mainly affecting the upper limbs or neck in 2024/25. That is 41 per cent of the 511,000 recorded that year, and the largest share after back conditions.
That is around four in every ten work-related musculoskeletal disorders. If your employer failed to manage the risks and this caused or worsened your condition, you may be able to claim compensation.
Arm injuries you can claim for
From a clean fracture to injuries that change how you work and live. If yours is not listed, ask us anyway.
Broken arm and fractures
Arm fracture compensation covers a break anywhere between the shoulder and the wrist. Forearm fracture compensation is the most common, a broken humerus claim is the upper arm version, and a broken arm injury compensation claim is valued on how the bone healed rather than how it looked on the day.
Shoulder injuries
Dislocations, rotator cuff tears and frozen shoulder after an accident, which can limit the whole arm for months. Broken shoulder compensation covers a fractured collarbone or shoulder blade as well, and those fractures often keep the arm out of use for longer than the break itself would suggest.
Bicep and tendon injuries
Compensation for torn bicep injuries and ruptured bicep tendon compensation are claimed on the same duties as any fracture. A distal bicep rupture often needs surgery within a fortnight to be repaired properly, which makes a delayed diagnosis a live issue in these claims.
Soft tissue injuries
Muscle, tendon and ligament damage. Often dismissed as minor, yet slow to heal and disruptive to work and daily life. It is also the injury that most often makes somebody talk themselves out of a claim that was worth bringing.
Repetitive strain and vibration injuries
RSI and hand-arm vibration syndrome from work that was not managed safely, developing gradually rather than in one accident. The three year clock on these runs from when you connected the symptoms to the job, not from your first day doing it.
Serious and permanent injuries
Nerve damage, crush injuries and, in the most serious cases, amputation. Compensation for loss of arm is the largest figure on this page, and those claims are built around lifelong needs, handled with care and never rushed to settlement.
How much compensation for a broken arm?
What a broken arm claim is worth depends on which bone went, whether it healed straight, whether it was your dominant arm and what you do for a living. A forearm fracture that heals cleanly in ten weeks and one that leaves permanent weakness sit at opposite ends of the same bracket.
How much can I claim for a broken arm is therefore two questions rather than one. The bracket gives you the injury. Your own documents give you the rest, and on a manual job the rest is frequently the larger number. The average settlement for broken arm claims is not a useful figure, because it averages the two people above into somebody who does not exist.
The one threshold that is fixed
A personal injury claim that is not a road traffic claim belongs on the small claims track only where two things are both true: the whole claim is worth no more than £10,000 under rule 26.9(1)(a)(i) of the Civil Procedure Rules, and the injury element on its own is no more than £1,500 under rule 26.9(1)(a)(ii)(cc). An arm fracture is very rarely below either line.
What arm injury compensation covers
Keep receipts and payslips from early on if you can, because the second part is built from them. If you have not kept anything, do not let that stop you calling; records can almost always be rebuilt.
Evidence that makes the difference
Strong evidence can make an arm injury claim easier to prove. Whatever records you already have will help, and we can obtain any missing evidence on your behalf.
Accident not reported at the time? Claims can still succeed without an accident book entry. Call us before ruling yourself out.
No Win No Fee arm injury compensation claims
If it succeeds, a success fee agreed with you at the start comes out of the compensation. No surprises, and the full terms are in writing before anything begins.
An injured arm often means reduced pay at exactly the time bills keep coming, so your claim should never add to the pressure. Starting costs nothing, and if the claim does not succeed you will not pay for our work, subject to the terms of your agreement.
Read the agreement in your own time and ask us anything before you sign.
Frequently Asked Questions
Everything you need to know before starting your claim.
Can I claim compensation for an arm injury?
You may be able to, if the injury happened in the last three years and someone else was at least partly at fault: another driver, your employer, or whoever was responsible for the place where you were hurt. The injury does not have to be severe to qualify. A free conversation with our team is the quickest way to find out.
How do I make a claim for a broken arm at work?
Broken arm at work compensation is claimed against your employer’s insurer rather than against the employer directly, because employers’ liability insurance is compulsory under section 1 of the Employers’ Liability (Compulsory Insurance) Act 1969. How much compensation for broken arm at work claims depends on the same two halves as any other: the bracket your fracture sits in, and your lost earnings and expenses on top. Start by telling us what happened and whether anything went in the accident book.
What if the accident was partly my fault?
You can usually still claim. Under section 1(1) of the Law Reform (Contributory Negligence) Act 1945 your damages are reduced by your share of the blame rather than lost altogether, so a finding that you were 25 per cent responsible pays 75 per cent, not nothing. Insurers sometimes overstate your share to reduce what they pay, which is exactly the argument we push back on.
Will claiming against my employer cost me my job?
Two things are worth separating. Your claim is dealt with by your employer’s insurers rather than out of the business, because employers’ liability insurance is compulsory. That is why claiming does not cost your employer money directly. What happens to your job is a separate question and it turns on how long you have worked there. Ordinary unfair dismissal protection currently needs two years of continuous service, reducing to six months on 1 January 2027. Below that threshold the protection is narrower, although dismissal for raising a genuine health and safety concern is treated differently and carries no qualifying period at all. If you are worried about your position as well as your arm, say so on the first call.
How long do I have to make an arm injury claim?
Usually three years under section 11 of the Limitation Act 1980, running from the accident or from when you first connected your symptoms to it, which matters for gradual injuries like RSI or vibration damage. Children have until their twenty-first birthday under section 28, and different rules apply for people who lack mental capacity. Starting early keeps the evidence fresh, so check sooner rather than later.
Will I have to go to court?
Probably not. The vast majority of arm injury claims settle directly with the insurer, and court proceedings are a last resort where liability or value is seriously disputed. If it ever came to that, we would prepare everything and be with you throughout, but for most people the claim is handled entirely by us in the background.
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