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Construction Site Accident Compensation

Working on a construction site can be extremely hazardous. With many potential dangers and risks involved, the number of construction site accidents that occur is fairly high in comparison to work from other areas. If you have been involved in a construction site accident, we can help you make a claim for compensation against your employer.

Construction site accidents can happen in a variety of ways. From objects falling from heights, to dangerous equipment, there is a likelihood of personal injury if the right precautions, training and health and safety measures are not adhered to. As usual, it is the responsibility of the employer or site manager that the correct training is given and that rules are being followed. This is to protect you as an employee, and to educate all that work on the site to minimise the risk of potential construction site work accidents.

Construction site accidents: Tools breaking

Provision and Use of Work and Equipment Regulations (PUWER) 1998 places an obligation on all employers to make sure that tools supplied to staff are safe to work with. Risk assessments should be carried out regularly and if a piece of equipment breaks and causes injury, the law treats such injuries as strict liability. This means that you should get compensation for your injuries on the majority of occasions. Employers are also made to check the equipment is safe, efficient and in working order.

Construction site accidents: Objects falling from heights

The Workplace Health, Safety and Welfare Act of 1992, Regulation 13 puts an obligation on employers to reduce the risk of injuries caused by falling from height or by falling objects. Employers are obliged to carry out regular risk assessments to ensure that areas from which someone might fall are not allowed to remain in the workplace. If there is a possibility of objects falling from a height, the employer must provide you with a protective helmet to prevent injury. If you are told to wear a hat, make sure that you wear it, as it can affect any compensation claim you wish to make.

Making a construction site accident claim

Being injured in a construction site accident can have an affect on your quality of life. As you need to have a level of fitness due to the strains of the job, any injury that prevents you from carrying out a physical task is likely to stop you working. This will mean in a loss of wages, affecting you and your family who depend on your income.

If you've been injured in an accident on a construction site call Injuries Direct to help you claim compensation. Call now on 0800 2800 979 alternatively fill out our Contact form

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