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Whilst you’d think that falling injuries are the most common when it comes to accidents for workers, another really common one is when boards and platforms for walking on are unstable or defective. We have won many claims for compensation against employers and scaffolding companies where someone has stepped on a dodgy board and has either fallen through it or part of their body has gone through.<\/p>\n
If this has happened to you, what are your rights when it comes to making a worker’s compensation claim?<\/p>\n
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We can look at several regulations here. The two main ones are The Workplace (Health, Safety and Welfare) Regulations<\/strong> and The Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations<\/strong>.<\/p>\n The first puts a duty on employers to ensure that any walkways and traffic routes are safe to navigate – i.e. there are no hazards or dangers that could cause a person slip, trip, or fall. Walkways should be even and stable. As such, you can apply these regulations because the scaffolding walkway is classed as a traffic route.<\/p>\n The second regulations in relation to equipment can also be used, and are perhaps more strict. These regulations impose a duty on an employer to ensure that any work equipment is safe and fit for purpose. Scaffolding is classed as work equipment which means that, if a platform were to be unstable or break, they can be in breach of these regulations as well.<\/p>\n All in all, you normally have a very good shot at winning a claim like this.<\/p>\n