World Day for Safety and Health at Work
On World Day for Safety and Health at Work, we discuss your legal right to be healthy and safe at work, and what you can do if your employer has failed in their duty of care to you.
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If you have to climb a ladder as part of your employment, there are many different health and safety rules that your employers must follow in order to reduce your chances of falling off the ladder and suffering a serious injury. These include:
However there are times when an avoidable accident at work does happen - an incident that could have been prevented if just a few extra precautions had been taken.
If an employer was negligent and failed to keep you safe at work resulting in you becoming injured in a ladder accident, you could be entitled to claim compensation for the injuries you sustained as a direct result of this accident.
Here at Simpson Millar, our team of expert Serious Injury Solicitors deal with similar cases on a daily basis. We can help if you get in touch with our team of Serious Injury Solicitors for a claims assessment and we’ll be happy to discuss your situation with you. We usually act on a No Win, No Fee basis – just ask us for details about this. Once we have assessed your claim, we will be able to provide you with advice on the prospects of success in your case. If we believe that you have a good chance of being successful in a claim for personal injury arising from an accident which occurred at work, we will let you know and we can then talk you through the rest of the claims process.
We appreciate that the prospect of proceeding with a personal injury claim can seem daunting or intimidating, especially if you’ve never been through the process before. That’s why we’re here to help and provide you with advice every step of the way. We believe that no one should be injured when they go to work but if it happens to you, we are here for you and we want to help.
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(n.d.). Falls from vehicles in the food and drink industries. Retrieved from https://www.hse.gov.uk/food/falls.htm (Accessed: 02/12/2023)
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