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Working in a warehouse or manufacturing environment can often mean a lot of packaging is opened up and storage or work spaces can become cluttered and untidy. Cardboard is a primary culprit for causing slipping accidents; you step on a piece of it and you can easily end up slipping and falling down.

So what are your rights when it comes to making a work injury claim for slipping on cardboard in the workplace?
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Ramps, especially for the less able, are useful for access when steps are too much to negotiate. I like a good ramp as I have a leg condition that can limit my movements sometimes, and we all expect a ramp to be secure to ensure that we can safely use it.

But what if it isn’t secure? What if it moves when you step on it causing you to fall and inure yourself? Or what if it isn’t stable and wobbles and causes you to fall? What if it just breaks? If this happens to you, you may have a claim for personal injury compensation.

Your Rights

If the ramp wobbles or moves causing you to fall, and this is a ramp at a public place like to a shop for example, you may have a claim against whoever is in charge of the ramp. Under the Occupiers Liability Act they are duty bound to ensure that all reasonable steps are taken to make sure you are not injured on their premises.
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You’re walking around a supermarket or a shop when suddenly you are hit by shelving units that have fallen off the wall. The weight of the shelves, particularly if they are full of heavy items, can easily knock you to the ground and cause some fairly serious damage. So if this happens so you, what are your rights for making a claim for personal injury compensation?

Firstly, given the circumstances, we’d more than likely be able to investigate this for you on a No Win, No Fee basis and a 100% compensation basis as well. Shelving units should not just fall off walls, and we would argue that the Defendant has failed to take all reasonable steps to look after your health and wellbeing whilst visiting their premises. That’s their duty under the Occupiers Liability Act.
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Tripping on a raised edge can be an easy thing to do. We don’t often stare at our feet when walking around; if we did, we’d be prone to walk in to anything in front of us.

So can you make a claim for personal injury compensation for tripping on a dangerously raised edge? To make this easier, I’ll split this article in to two parts: raised edges on public land which would be against the council or highways authority, and raised edges on private ground where you have access to, like a supermarket.
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Slipping on a wet floor can lead to some fairly serious injuries. Lots of people make claims for personal injury compensation from slipping in supermarkets, shops, restaurants, and all sorts of places.

I’m sure you’ve noticed before that wet floor signs are deployed in areas where there have been spillages or areas prone to a wet floor; perhaps from adverse weather. So what happens if you slip on a wet floor and there was actually a wet floor sign present? Can you still make a claim?

“Reasonable Steps”

The law that generally applies in public places is the Occupiers Liability Act. This imposes a duty on the occupier of a premises (i.e. someone who is in control of an area) to take all “reasonable steps” to ensure that lawful visitors to their premises are not injured. The key phrase when it comes to the law in this kind of situation I will reiterate – all “reasonable steps”.
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What are your rights for making a claim for personal injury compensation if you are hit by a forklift truck at work? Can you sue your employer even if it was caused by the negligence of a colleague?
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Whilst there are a lot of workplace health and safety regulations that people must abide by, companies still cut corners and the volumes of injured employees is still fairly high. We take on and win a huge amount of work accident compensation claims, and sometimes we cannot believe that the employer has allowed this to happen.

A common scenario is employees being injured from climbing pallets. So let’s look at your rights for making a personal injury compensation claim if this has happened to you.
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For the purpose of this blog, we’ll look at the following common sets of circumstances: Open holes in the pavement / highway, open holes in the workplace and open holes on a construction site.

Highway Act Claims

These are the most common when it comes to missing manhole covers. But other common circumstances are workman opening up the ground and failing to secure the area properly. If proper guards and cordons / railings are not erected, it’s no surprise that people can end up falling down an open hole and seriously injuring themselves.
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We take on and win a high volume of claims for personal injury compensation. We are used to dealing with all sorts of different types of accidents and circumstances in which people are injured.

Whilst there are many ways you can be injured, the law that applies is usually the same when it comes to injuries in public places like shops, restaurants, or supermarkets; known as the Occupiers Liability Act. When it comes to defective premises claims against a landlord, the law is also similar. So too is it for incidents at work in which the applicable law is commonly The Workplace (Health, Safety and Welfare) Regulations 1992.
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I imagine that one of the last things you expect when you’re out and about is to suddenly come crashing to the ground due to slipping on a substance on the floor. The embarrassment alone is bad enough, never mind the devastating injuries you can end up with.

So what is your entitlement when it comes to claiming for personal injury compensation if you slip on a substance that has leaked on the floor? Say, in a shop / supermarket, or a restaurant perhaps?
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