Workplace health and safety legislation is designed to specifically protect employees from being injured at work. Falls from scaffolding at work should never happen at all. When properly risk assessed and when staff are competent and trained, and working in the correct & safe way, there should never be any scaffolding accidents.
So if you have fallen off scaffolding, read on for some advice about your rights for making a claim for personal injury compensation.
In terms of the law, we have The Work at Height Regulations which mean that employers are responsible for:
- Organisation and planning of scaffolding work
- Risk assessing scaffolding work (and avoidance of risks)
- Inspecting and maintaining scaffolding
- Identifying the dangers and educating staff
- Training and supervision
- Consideration and use of work equipment for scaffolding (and it being maintained properly and inspected)
- Risk assessing fragile surfaces
Because scaffolding can also be classed as work equipment you can also apply The Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations which imposes similar duties, primarily when it comes to inspection and maintenance, suitability, and training.
And you can even use The Workplace (Health, Safety and Welfare) Regulations for when it comes to safe use of traffic routes because scaffolding can of course be classed as a traffic route.
So whilst mentioning all that above may seem a little boring, it’s actually very useful for you to know because there are so many regulations in place that are relevant for scaffolding fall at work claims. We only need to prove that your employer is in breach of a single relevant regulation and you can win your entire claim. The duty of responsibility is heavily on them for ensuring people do not fall from scaffolding, so where you do fall at work, you will likely have a work accident claim to make.
How do I know if I have a scaffolding fall at work claim
If you can tell from the above whether your employer has failed to uphold any of the duties mentioned, then you can often work it out for yourself. Contact The Injury Lawyers as we can normally tell you in minutes whether we think you have a case.
So call us 0800 634 7575 for some free, no obligation advice. If you want to start a claim then we can get it all done for you on the very same phone call as well if you want us to.
