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Building Site Accidents

Building and construction sites can be very dangerous places and with many employers failing to carry out simple preventative health and safety measures, they are a common place for accidents.

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

So if you’ve had a building site accident that wasn’t your fault, you may be able to make a personal injury compensation claim for your injuries and loss of earnings.

The most frequent building site accident claims include:

• Roof related falls
• Crane accidents
• Scaffolding accidents
• Vehicle accidents
• Accidents involving machinery
• Non roof falls
• Falls off ladders
• Lifting accidents

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. In addition, we were also able to offer employment law advice to the worker to ensure he received his sick pay entitlement and was not discriminated against because of his claim.

Our personal injury claim solicitors have much experience of accidents at work and building site accident compensation claims, so if you or anyone you know has suffered an accident or injury on site, which is the fault of a third party, please call us for free, expert advice.

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• Law Society
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• InjuryLawyers4U
• Solicitors Regulation Authority