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There is only ever one cause of a construction site accident claim: health and safety failure – however, there are often many reasons why such failures happen in the first place, from plain employer negligence to poor training and faulty equipment.
However, sometimes accidents happen because a poor health and safety culture has become endemic to an area – a fact often reflected in the way personal injury solicitor offices in one particular city can sometimes become inundated with construction site accident claims from a variety of sites across a city or county.
The way these endemic failures occur can be usefully illustrated by the way region-wide official health and safety inspections frequently find evidence of breaches in a range of sites, often within the space of just a few days.
For example, in Merseyside in 2011, inspectors were forced to issue 22 prohibition and 21 improvement notices across 82 sites over a period of just two days. Falls from height were a particular concern.
An HSE inspector commented, "Workers' lives were potentially being put at risk on a quarter of sites we visited in just the first two days. That is a sobering statistic.
"Falls from height are one of the main causes of workplace deaths in the UK so it's both disappointing and worrying that more than half of the enforcement notices we issued were because companies were found not to be taking this risk seriously enough."
A spokesperson from YouClaim's workplace injury claims team comments, "Crackdowns like the one in Merseyside in 2011 help demonstrate to employers that health and safety failures will not be tolerated.
"It's simply unacceptable that workers' lives should be put at risk, particularly in the 21st century. These inspections can result in fines and fines can reach six-figure sums.
"Furthermore, they can also result in prohibition notices, which stop work, cause embarrassment and can have a severe economic cost."
Construction site accident compensation claims
If not properly managed, construction sites can pose all manner of dangers to workers.
If you have suffered personal injury while at work, YouClaim can give you the best chance of making a successful construction site accident claim.
Our personal injury solicitors are leaders in the field, have an outstanding success rate and, win or lose, provide a completely charge-free service, meaning the claimant never has to pay a penny.
In addition, we take no deduction – our 100% compensation promise.
To speak with a legal advisor today, call us on 0800 10 757 95 or try our mobile-friendly number 0333 240 0871.
