Was the accident your fault? As an employee you have health and safety responsibilities to only work as trained and instructed, to report dangerous situations as you encounter them and to refrain from actions in the workplace that would put you or anyone else at risk of injury. For example, losing your balance and falling from height after attempting to demonstrate to colleagues the skilful tackle you put in at your last Sunday league match whilst you are all in the same high work position would probably be considered as an accident caused by you being negligent as to your safety and the safety of others.
Construction Accident Compensation Claims – who is responsible?
However if you had be working in a safe manner in your high work position and your fall had been the result of a portion of your work position failing due to sub-standard construction or poor positioning you would not normally be considered to blame for your accident. However, in order to bring your claim, you need to be able to identify who was to blame.
The obvious party to point the finger of blame at would normally be your employer. They have a legal duty of care, defined in extensive detail in a number of health and safety regulations to both ensure that your workplace is a safe environment to work in and that your health, safety and welfare is ensured whilst you are at work. Failing to confirm that your work position was safely positioned and constructed would usually be considered a breach of this duty of care and as long as it can be demonstrated that your accident was a reasonably foreseeable consequence of your employer’s negligence, your chances of being able to make a compensation claim improve markedly.
Construction Accident Compensation Claims – proving your case
Making the links between the circumstances of your accident, your employer’s legal health and safety duty and your accident being a consequence of your employer’s negligence in failing to carry out that duty, can be a complicated and daunting business, especially if you are coping with the medical aftermath of your accident. It is at that point, once the victim’s most urgent medical situation has been addressed, that many decide that their best course of action is to speak to one of our specialist work accident solicitors who will be able to advise them in every aspect of how to claim compensation for their construction accident.
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