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A scaffolding accident can be devastating, leaving workers with serious personal injuries that may not only be extremely painful, but may also make everyday tasks such as driving and working, impossible. The use of scaffolding necessitates a strict safety protocol that covers all employees that use it to ensure that the risk of a work accident is kept to a minimum.
Thorough calculations of the weight the scaffolding is to hold, along with careful assembly is highly important for ensuring it will be safe for workers to use. If too much weight is put on the scaffolding, it could lead to the tower collapsing and the injury of workers both on and below.
The collapse of a scaffold tower in County Tyrone in April 2006 highlights the importance of careful safety management of scaffold towers. A number of factors were found to be to blame for the tower's collapse including poor weight management, poor construction of the tower and an inadequate system of scaffolding on the site.
The collapse of the tower led to the death of a worker along with two fellow workers who fell as the scaffolding gave way. Two companies were fined for the work accident – the supplier of the scaffolding for providing unsafe equipment as well as the contractor of the site who was fined for breaching health and safety legislation.
Judge Coleman who presided over the hearing, proclaimed the accident was a "disaster waiting to happen".
He added, "Because of the inadequate scaffolding in place on the site, excessive weight of material combined with an insufficient system of scaffolding caused a collapse of the scaffolding with consequential injuries and death."
The case highlights how essential safety checks are. Scaffolding is often provided by contractors who assemble the towers and complete their own safety checks. However, on site safety officers should carry out their own checks to ensure the scaffolding is of a usable safety standard and worker's safety will not be in any way put in jeopardy by using it.
A work-related accident causing a personal injury can affect your whole lifestyle. Loss of earnings, loss of livelihood, trauma and the injury itself can have a major impact on somebody's life and put their ability to earn a living and live comfortably in great jeopardy.
Often construction accidents which happen in the workplace could have been avoided if management had taken the necessary health and safety steps to protect their employees.
If you have a personal injury that you believe occurred through no fault of your own, you may be eligible to make an accident claim. We work on a no win, no fee basis; our straight-talking panel of personal injury solicitors won't charge you a single penny for their services and you will keep 100% compensation if your claim proves successful.
Our team of solicitors has an excellent success rate in dealing with personal injury cases and you won't have to pay a single penny of any compensation awarded to you.
So, call us now on 0800 10 757 95 and we'll take you through the claims process and explain how to make a claim following a scaffolding accident.
