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Petrol stations can be dangerous places for slip and trips and it is important to remember that the owners of the forecourts have a duty of care over your safety. This is provided by the Occupiers’ Liability Act 1957.

Common Accidents in Petrol Stations

Common accidents in petrol stations include slipping on the petrol/diesel spilled on the forecourt floor. It is possible to slip on any oil which cars have leaked which should have been cleaned. Trips are also common from the petrol pumps and any items which have been dropped or may be sticking out.
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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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One of the main causes of trips at work is uneven floor surfaces. Common examples of uneven floor surfaces include raised tiles or where the floor has not been levelled correctly. These can cause accidents with lasting injuries.

The Law

The Workplace (Health, Safety and Welfare) Regulations 1992, regulation 12(1) states that: ‘every floor in a workplace and the surface of every traffic route in a workplace shall be of a construction such that the floor or surface of the traffic route is suitable for the purpose for which it is used.’
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It sounds like something from a slapstick comedy sketch; but it’s normally no laughing matter if you are the victim of falling through an open trapdoor. The injuries can be serious if the height of the drop is considerable.

So if you have been the unfortunate victim of falling through a trapdoor, are you entitled to claim for personal injury compensation?

As a member of the public

As a member of the public, whoever is responsible for the trapdoor has the duty to ensure that no one is hurt as a result of it. The common law that applies here is the Occupiers Liability Act which imposes a duty on property owners to take all reasonable steps to ensure visitors are not injured.
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Slipping and falling to the ground in any location can be a proper embarrassment; but slipping in a toilet is often seen as the ultimate, embarrassing slip situation to be involved in.

Given that toilet floors are, for want of a better phrase, usually wet from water and other substances, slipping accidents are more common than you think…

So what are your rights when it comes to making a slip injury compensation claim if you have injured yourself in a public toilet?
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As the cold snap in the UK marks the end of what was a summer of some seriously scorching weather, potholes will no doubt be on the rise in the coming weeks and months as water slips in to cracks in the surface, freezes, expands, and breaks open the ground. And with the rise in potholes comes the rise in tripping and falling accidents.

So what are your rights when it comes to making a claim for personal injury compensation if you trip in a pothole that was specifically on a car park?
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For those of you that like to maintain a healthy lifestyle, jogging or running is a great way to achieve this. When you walk around you are not expected to look at the floor to watch out for hazards on the ground, and when you are jogging or running you are probably concentrating even less on the ground.

So what happens if you trip and fall or stumble because of a pothole or a raised paving stone, or some other defect on the ground? Can you still make a claim for personal injury even if you were jogging or running at the time?
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As a firm of lawyers who only represent victims for accident claims, we take on a significant amount of claims for personal injury compensation involving drain and manhole covers. It’s fairly obvious to see why – many covers don’t appear to be of sound constructions, and many are driven over day in and day out by vehicles.

It’s common for covers to become tripping hazards when they either come loose and protrude, or sink down and cause a lip. To the unsuspecting walker, tripping and landing hard on the ground can cause some serious injuries.
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If you are fortunate enough to avoid falling down a flight of steps to the point of breaking something, it’s still highly likely you will end up with some form of pain or injury by slipping on stairs. Back pain is very common for two main reasons – the first is that you may slip and fall backwards and hit your back on the steps; the other is that the force of the slip may cause a whiplash type injury by jarring your back.

Your Rights

You do not need to have broken anything or have been seriously injured to make a claim for personal injury compensation from slipping on steps. So don’t think that you are unable to claim because you are still in one piece! That being said, a back injury can be very painful and can lost a considerable period of time; so you may well be entitled to make a claim.
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Commonly a claim for personal injury for tripping will either be pursued against an employer if it was at work, against an occupier if it was in a public place like a shop, or the council if it was on public grounds. The difference between who is potentially at fault actually has a significant impact on how good your claim is; so to make things easy, I’ll split this article up for you in to three sections for each of the above.

Tripping Accident at Work

There are all sorts of rules and regulations that employers are duty bound to adhere to. The Workplace (Health, Safety and Welfare) Regulations 1992 have a specific section for this as follows:
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