For some people, using a ladder can be a pretty scary thing – fear of heights is a pretty common phobia. For others, working up ladders is your bread and butter; builders, window cleaners, roofers, etc. In reality, we are all probably aware that working up a ladder comes with its inherent dangers. That’s the reason why there is important legalisation in place that is designed to ensure that accidents from ladders do not occur.

According to the HSE, there were around 3350 major incidents at work that were caused by falls from height; of further concern, there were 46 fatal incidents…

So, what do you do and where do you stand if you have an accident whilst up a ladder at work? Firstly, it’s important to understand the duties your employer has to you to ensure that you are safe from fall from height injuries.
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Site Safety, Protective Equipment, Work Equipment, Private Residences / Small Builders

Building sites are dangerous places – it’s the reason why the health and safety rules and regulations are so tight for people who have to either access them or work on them. The standard “hard hats and safety boots” are usually on signs dotted around various entry points to sites to make sure the basic protection is provided; but there is of course much more to it than that.

Site Safety
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This is one of the most common questions I hear here at The Injury Lawyers – you’ve been injured in an accident through no fault of your own, and you want to know if you have the right to make a claim for compensation.

The answer is simple – find out by calling us today, and we can usually tell you within minutes if you have a claim or not. However, if you are not quite sure about calling us yet (although there’s nothing to worry about – our advice is on a no obligation basis, and we certainly don’t bite!), read this little help article for you below and we may be able to answer some of the questions you have relating to whether you have a claim for compensation of not.

When Can You Make a Claim for Compensation?
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If you have been injured as a result of an accident at work, you may be entitled to claim compensation. The latest government figures for 2010 show that 147 people were killed whilst at work, and over 121,000 other accidents happened at work that were serious enough to need reporting to the governments Health and Safety Executive.

If you are injured whilst you are at work or because of your work, your employer may be responsible for paying you compensation if they have failed to meet their legal responsibility to keep their employees safe.

In the vast majority of cases, the claim will be dealt with by the employer’s insurance company. It is a legal requirement for all employers to have insurance in place to cover the risk of employees being injured at work.
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At The Injury Lawyers we take on countless numbers of road traffic accidents on a daily basis, and we have successfully obtained compensation for thousands of victims of third party negligence. 

The most common road traffic accident we come across is where a negligent third party driver has collided with the rear of an innocent victim’s motor vehicle.  Other common road traffic accidents involve head-on collisions, or where a vehicle has emerged from a side road and collided with the side of another vehicle.  The purpose of this blog is to discuss another common type of road traffic accident; those which occur on roundabouts.

For most people, dealing with roundabouts is fairly straightforward, especially the smaller ones.  For others, it is a traumatic experience.  Nevertheless, it is both confident and nervy drivers who get caught up in road traffic accidents on roundabouts through no fault of their own. 
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The step by step guide of pursuing a claim for personal injury with The Injury Lawyers

If only I had a pound for every time I hear the words “Well liability has been admitted, so why hasn’t my claim settled yet?” then I’d be a very rich person indeed! The answer to that is that there are a number of steps involved in pursuing a claim for personal injury that need to be resolved aside from just liability.

So, I thought I would give you a brief oversight of the claims process to assist you in understanding it and to give you a full picture of the goings on in a claim for personal injury.
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