The work injuries are one of the forms of the law of retirement and social security of workers, and an important branch of its branches. It gains that importance through its practicality. The frequent occurrence of it during work or because of it led to the application of its provisions constantly, and made the judiciary care to issue judgments on their issues, and clarify the ambiguity. The jurisprudence also explained the provisions, and the opinion on them. All this made labor injuries an important place in law.
States have recognized that importance, and have turned to organizing it through international conventions as well as domestic laws. The most prominent of these is International Labor Convention No. 102 of 1952, which set a minimum social risk to be covered, including the disability resulting from work injuries and retirement at the death of the breadwinner.
Work is often regarded as a source of danger to the worker in his or her health, safety and life during or because of work. This danger has increased since the industrial revolution, resulting in a large spread in industry, and the use of machinery and machinery, which led to the occurrence of accidents leading to work injuries. Which causes injury to the worker by his body, which necessitates reparation for that damage, and the person causing the damage shall pay compensation to the injured person in accordance with the provisions of tort. Which requires proof of the employer's fault, and that there is a relationship between error and damage. |