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A building site accident has the ability to affect a huge number of people. The teamwork and camaraderie involved in a construction environment means that when one person in injured, the whole team will be affected. The impact of an industrial accident will also reach out to friends and family of the injured as they try to provide care and support.
When a worker is killed in a building site accident, the impact will therefore be widespread and will be particularly hard hitting for friends and relatives who may feel bitter and resentful that their loved one has been killed under such tragic circumstances. This can be especially true if the accident is found to have been the fault of the construction company.
A father, whose son was killed in a building site accident, fought to gain justice for his son. The Leighton man was killed in a building site accident in Aylesbury when he fell into a trench full of clay. After the accident, his father pursued a personal injury claim against his son's employers in a bid to gain construction site accident compensation for his death.
The inquest heard how the 22-year-old builder was working on a house extension when a trench collapsed, burying him under thick clay. He had been accompanied by a digger driver who witnessed the accident and said, "I was digging with the machine." I turned around to open the bucket of mud into the dumper and as I turned aroundI noticed the trench had collapsed."
Despite his colleague's attempt to release him with a shovel, it proved impossible to rescue him without the help of the emergency services who declared him dead an hour later.
The owner of the construction company said the experienced builder understood the 'golden rule' that nobody should ever go into a trench more than 1.2 metres deep. However, the court heard that the deceased had never been on an official health and training course with the company and precautions to prevent entry into the trenches were 'insufficient'.
At the inquest, the coroner summarised that the deceased had effectively been buried and encased in the thick clay and the effect of that prevented his chest moving.
"It was like being in a vice. He would not have been able to breathe and he would have died rapidly," the coroner declared.
During the inquest, the deceased's family described him as "a hard-working, non-drinking, non-smoking individual who put his family, friends and total strangers before himself."
After the inquest his father made a statement saying, "We have now got to wait for the HSE reports, whether they are going to prosecute or not and we are taking out civil proceedings. We are still fighting for justice."
If you or a relative has suffered a personal injury in a building site accident, you may be able to make a compensation claim for the personal injuries suffered.
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At YouClaim, our team of experienced lawyers are experts in construction site accidents and can guide you through the compensation claim process.
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