Successful work injury claim for construction worker

In October 2005 we received a telephone call from a distressed construction worker who had sustained serious personal injuries after falling from scaffolding at a building site in Edinburgh.

The man told one of our friendly claim advisors that he had been working for his friend for two months when the accident occurred and had been unable to work for several months because of the severity of the injuries sustained in the accident. He decided to seek help from a personal injury solicitor and after reading through our website felt that we were the best people to make a work injury claim with.

The 44-year-old told us that he was working at a building site in Edinburgh to help a friend, specialising in property development, restore a Victorian house back to its original state. Working in the construction business, the man already had the correct clothing and equipment to guard him against the risk of a work injury but was pleased to see that his friend had provided him with the same gear to carry out the job.

After spending the majority of his time gutting the second floor of the building he was asked to clear some of the rubbish that had cluttered up in one of the bedrooms. He proceeded to take some of the large pieces of wood to the front of the house where there was a set of French doors that opened out onto scaffolding with a skip sitting below in the driveway.

As he proceed to walk to the French doors, he tripped on a discarded brick and put his hand out to grab the scaffolding bar. But, instead of the bar stopping his fall, it gave way and he fell 16ft to the ground and suffered severe work injuries.

An ambulance was called to the scene of the construction accident and paramedics took him to hospital on a spinal injury board. He spent two months in hospital recovering from a fractured skull, broken leg, broken arm, fractured ankle and multiple bruises.

Following nearly six months off work and still being unable to return to the building site, he decided to make a work injury compensation claim against his friend and after searching online for suitable personal injury solicitors, he came across the YouClaim website and gave us a telephone call.

Our claims advisor assured him that it would not cost a single penny to make a claim and that he would receive 100% of the damages awarded. His case was passed on to one of our associated personal injury solicitors, who handled every part of the claim from start to finish. After seven months and numerous negotiations with the man's friend, the solicitor secured a compensation amount of 14,250, which included 3,000 for the leg injury, 3,500 for the broken arm, 2,750 for the ankle injury and 5,000 for loss of earnings.

The man was pleased with the outcome of his accident claim. He said that YouClaim made the whole process extremely easy and he received all of the compensation awarded for his personal injury.

How to make a work injury compensation claim
If you, or a loved one, have found yourself in the unfortunate position of suffering personal injuries in a work accident, you may be able to make a compensation claim.

Here at YouClaim, the personal injury experts, we can guarantee that you won't have to pay a single penny when you make a no win, no fee claim with us and if your case is successful, neither we, nor your solicitor will take a cut of the damages.

Our panel of personal injury solicitors are specialists in their field of work injury claims and have a excellent success rate, so you can feel assured that they will work hard to win you the compensation you deserve.

To make a totally cost-free accident claim with us today, there are a number of ways you can contact us. You can chat online to an advisor about your work injury, request a call back or call us today on 0800 10 757 95.