Fall Accident Compensation Claim Solicitors

Falls from height are the single largest cause of workplace fatalities and one of the major causes of serious and catastrophic injury in Australia. Legal action for fall accident compensation claims is extremely common in Australia’s civil courts. It is the legal duty of employers to protect the health and safety of employees. Employers are legally bound to provide a safe system of work and must do all that is reasonably practicable to prevent employees being injured in fall accidents. Employers must carry out risk assessments for all operations and seek to minimise risk by taking reasonable precautions.

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Risk Factors

Employers should, where possible, take evasive action that prevents an employee from having to carry out tasks at height. If an alternative is not possible it is incumbent on employees to provide full protection including fall arresters where appropriate. Fall accident compensation claims arise due to negligence by an employer or co-worker in numerous industrial locations including :-

• falls from ladders and stepladders
• falls from machines – from, onto and into
• roof falls including fragile materials
• roof light falls
• scaffolding accidents including collapse
• falls from open edges including loading bays
• falls down uncovered hatches

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Personal Injury Solicitors

If you have been injured as a result of negligence by an employer or a co-worker, we are able to make a fall accident compensation claim on a no win no fee basis. If you are partly to blame yourself we can still make a claim. If you would like free advice just complete the contact form or email our offices and a lawyer will telephone to give information on how to protect your legal right to claim compensation with no further obligation.