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Building Site Accidents

If you have suffered a building or construction site accident that has resulted in a serious personal injury, you may be eligible to claim financial compensation. Building and construction sites are very dangerous places, and therefore employers have a responsibility to ensure the safety of their employees. If they have failed or been negligent in this duty, compensation is your legal right.

For more information, contact the experienced team of personal injury lawyers at Express Solicitors. Call anytime, 24 hours a day, on freephone 0800 294 6250 or e-mail us and we will get back to you.

Your Employer's Responsibilities

The Construction (Health, Safety and Welfare) Regulations 1996 state that your employer must:

• Ensure a safe place of work;
• Ensure a safe means of access to and from the place of work;
• Prevent falls with specific regulations for work over 2m. high;
• Employ precautions or provide equipment that arrests falls;
• Prevent falls through fragile materials;
• Erect scaffolding under competent supervision;
• Protect employees and others from falling objects;
• Ensure that materials and equipment are stored safely;

If you suspect that your employer has failed in any of the above responsibilities, and that this failure directly contributed to your building site accident, you may be eligible to claim compensation.

Common Construction Site Accidents

Unfortunately, many employers fail to carry out even the most basic of preventative health and safety measures, and therefore accidents on building sites are common. The most frequent building site accident claims relate to:

• Falls from roofs;
• Crane accidents;
• Scaffolding accidents;
• Vehicle accidents;
• Accidents involving machinery;
• Non-roof falls;
• Falls from ladders;
• Lifting accidents;

Express Solicitors: Our Experience

Express Solicitors recently won substantial compensation for a Manchester City Council employee who fell from a high ladder and landed on his head, breaking his arm and shoulder in the process. We were also able to offer employment law advice to the worker, ensuring he received his sick pay entitlement and avoided any discrimination that may have resulted from his claim.

Contact Express Solicitors

To start your building site accident claim today, contact Express Solicitors. We have a great deal of experience of making successful claims for accidents at work; if you have been injured in a construction site accident that was not your fault, call freephone 0800 294 6250 or e-mail us and we will get back to you to discuss your claim.

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