If you or a loved one has been injured in a building site accident in Lincolnshire within the last 3 years, then our solicitors can help you pursue a financial claim for compensation.

From our offices in central Louth in Lincolnshire, we offer all our personal injury clients who have been seriously injured on a building site, a free initial consultation to discuss the merits of their case and answer any questions they may have.  Our building site accident solicitors fund all of our building site claims using No Win No Fee agreements and aim to make the claims process as simple as possible.

To speak with us regarding an accident on a building site, please call us on 01507 609027.

There is no doubt that building and construction sites have greatly improved their health and safety procedures over the past 20 years, however, accidents due to negligence are still common place.

Figures published by the Health & Safety Executive in October 2019 show that although the number of reported construction and building site accidents has decreased since 2000, there were still 79,000 reported instances of construction related ill health and injury and 30 fatalities during the period 2018-2019.

Around 3.4% of all construction workers suffered an injury or ill health during this period, which is slightly above industries with similar work activities, including manufacturing.

Of these 79,000 reported cases of ill health or injury, some 62% or 49,500, were related to musculoskeletal disorders. 

These figures demonstrate that there is still a long way to go to improve Health & Safety within the construction industry.

We have many years experience in representing clients injured in non-fault accidents on building sites and in the broader construction industry.

Some of the most common types of illnesses and accidents we regularly advise our clients on include:

• Falls from height
• Manual handling accidents – Injured pushing, pulling, handling, lifting or carrying
• Trapped by something collapsing or overturning
• Struck by a moving vehicle or moving or falling objects
• Injured by contact with electricity
• Contact dermatitis
• Occupational Asthma and other respiratory conditions
• Hand Arm Vibration Syndrome (‘HAVS’)

If you have been injured on a building site or have developed a work related illness whilst working in the construction industry, contact our specialist solicitors today to discuss a claim for compensation.

If you have been involved in an accident while working on a building site, to make a successful claim it is necessary to demonstrate that your employers have been negligent and were to blame.

All employers have a legal obligation and duty of care to protect staff from sustaining injury at work and the construction sector is no different.

If you feel your employer did not listen to concerns regarding working practices and training, or failed to provide a suitable and safe working environment then you may be entitled to claim financial compensation.

There are many ways in which your employer may have fallen foul of these regulations, which may include:

• Failing to provide you with correct or sufficient training;
• Failing to maintain equipment and machinery;
• Allowing you to use faulty equipment and machinery;
• Failing to conduct sufficient site risk assessments;
• Failing to provide you with sufficient PPE;
• Using unsafe working practises;
• Allowing someone into the workplace who poses a threat to your safety;

Our building site accident solicitors in Lincolnshire can help you claim the compensation you deserve.

The time period after your accident that you are allowed to pursue a claim for compensation is 3 years.

We recommend you seek expert legal advice as soon as you can after your accident.

The amount of compensation you can expect to receive for your building site accident will depend on the severity of your injuries.

If your accident has lifelong ramifications and prevents you from being able to work and financially support your family then your claim may be worth several hundred thousand pounds.

If your accident has prevented you from working for 3 months, caused you considerable pain and suffering but you have made a full recovery then the amount of compensation you receive will be dramatically less.

Every claim is different and must be considered on its own set of facts.

Contact us today regarding your accident and one of our expert solicitors who specialise in work related claims for compensation will discuss the merits of your claim and give you a broad indication of how much your claim may be worth.

All of our building site and construction accident claims are funded by Conditional Fee Agreements. These agreements are commonly referred to as either a “CFA” or a “No Win No Fee Agreement”.

The nature of these agreements means that law firms take all the financial risk and not the client.  If a claim fails, the law firm is not paid and the client does not have to pay any solicitor’s fees for their time.  For taking this risk, it is common for law firms to agree with a client that they will be paid a percentage of the client’s compensation at the end of a successful claim. Law firms fees are mostly paid by the insurers of the losing party and no upfront fees are required to be paid by the client to get a claim up and running.

If you have any questions about how your claim will be funded then please contact us, we will be more than happy to discuss this with you.

If you or a loved one has been injured in an accident on a building site in Lincolnshire within the last 3 years, then you may be entitled to pursue a financial claim for compensation.

From our offices in central Louth in Lincolnshire, we offer all our personal injury clients who have been seriously injured on a building site, a free initial consultation to discuss the merits of their case and answer any questions they may have.  Our solicitors fund all of our building site claims using No Win No Fee agreements and aim to make the claims process as simple as possible.

To speak with us regarding an accident on a building site, please call us on 01507 609027.