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Ladder Fall Accident
Suffered a ladder accident at work?
- Fallen from a ladder
- Using wrong ladder type
- Suffered pain and injury
- Unable to return to work
- Loss of income
- Require rehabilitation treatment
Ladder accidents are one of the leading causes of workplace accidents
Over 4000 people are severely injured in ladder accidents each year.If you’ve been unfortunate enough to have experienced a ladder accident that wasn’t your fault then the experienced Claim Zone team can help you make a claim to receive compensation. You are entitled to make a claim if your injury was sustained as a result of:
- A ladder breaking
- An unsecured ladder
- Losing your footing
- Being provided the wrong ladder height
Worried about making a claim against your employer?
You shouldn’t worry about taking legal action against your employer, they will be covered by insurance and by making a claim you could help reduce the risk of similar accidents happening in the future. Our specialist team will provide the necessary support to help you through what may be a difficult time. You’ll receive 100% of the compensation and you won’t have to pay a single penny for our services as we work on a No Win No Fee basis.
Our friendly team will guide you through the claims process
Our friendly team will do the hard work and form-filling so you don’t have to. Simply fill in our expressclaim form and one of our expert advisers will be in touch or if you prefer you can talk directly to someone now by calling our 24hr Claim Zone helpline on 0800 122 3130, or request a call back – your claim will be dealt with immediately either way.
There used to air a long running television advert showing a gentleman falling off a ladder and then explaining how he called a freephone number and subsequently received a compensation payment – how many of you saw the advert and thought it was his own fault!? Well, guess what – it wasn’t.
To the uninitiated a ladder is just a ladder, once you’ve seen one you’ve seen them all, right? Wrong! Different ladders are designed for different purposes, some of them may have general purpose domestic use, others are designed for heavier industrial purposes, some need additional support to safely anchor them while again others do not – the list of seemingly subtle but ultimately vitally important differences between ladders is a long one and using the wrong ladder can result in serious injury. All too often workers try and ‘make do’ with the tools they are given to do a job even though they aren’t the correct ones, ladders included, and sadly this is when accidents happen.
It is a scenario all too familiar to the thousands of tradesmen and women throughout the UK, you are sent out to do a job only to find that the ladder you have brought along with you isn’t the right one. Or it may even be the right one but its not in the best of condition. What do you do? Do you phone the boss or head back to work to get the right one or do you try and make the best of what you’ve got rather than be criticised for wasting the companies time – not an easy position to be put in especially if you’ve got an angry customer in front of you who insists they want the job doing now. We all know what we should do, come back later with the right tools for the job, but in the cold light of day how many of us would try to manage and hope for the best.
Your employer is legally responsible to ensure you have a safe working environment and a safe system of work, this includes giving you the right ladder to do the job. If you don’t any you suffer an injury as a result you may be entitled to compensation. Tell us what happened and we’ll investigate your case and let you know if you may be entitled to claim.
