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Workers in the construction field face hazardous conditions on a daily basis. Common construction accidents include falls from significant heights and heavy machinery accidents, often resulting in catastrophic, permanent injuries.

While workers are most at risk of sustaining personal injury in a construction accident, bystanders and passers-by are also at risk. The legal implications and accountability for compensation claims concerning those that have been involved in construction accidents depends on how they came to be at the scene of the accident. For example, a bystander or anyone else not employed to work on the construction site who sustains personal injury in a construction accident could make a compensation claim against the contractor liable for the part of the building site under general personal injury law.

However, if a work-related accident on a construction site results in the death or injury of a worker, the law of employee injury applies and an accident at work claim may be made against their employer.

Other types of construction site accidents that may occur:

• Hazardous construction site conditions
• Scaffolding accidents
• Ladder accidents
• Falls from buildings
• Heavy machinery operation accidents
• Nail gun accidents
• Electrical accidents
• Welding accidents
• Defective machinery
• Trenching accidents
• Falling debris
• Fires
• Hazardous materials

An employer must always carry out a risk assessment in the form of an investigation conducted to identify whether any particular act or operation gives rise to a safety risk or hazard.

If they fail to do so and an employee suffered injury - the employer will be liable.

• Induction courses should be arranged for all site personnel
• A list of all contractors names should be provided to us before work starts. All contractors should sign in and out of the site at the beginning and end of each working day.
• All accidents should be reported in our company accident book.
• The site must be left in a clean and tidy state at the end of each day.
• No tools or other equipment may be left lying around areas used by staff due to the risk of accidents.
• Wherever possible, materials must be brought onto the premises before or after core business hours.

Let Help U Claim assess your situation and, in eligible cases, help you secure the best possible compensation.

We help people every day claim compensation following all types of accidents, injuries and illnesses sometimes in the most unusual of circumstances.

Call us on 0800 118 5855 or complete our online form and we'll call you back and tell you straight away whether we think you have a valid case and how you can make a claim.