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    Some of the construction accidents we can help you claim for

    Falling from Height

    Failing safety equipment leading to a fall from height can cause serious injuries.

    Electrocution

    Electrical hazards can threaten construction site workers every day.

    Moving Vehicles

    Not being seen by a moving construction vehicle can cause all types of injuries.

    Your safety is protected in law

    Construction sites are full of dangerous hazards. That’s why proper safety measures are so important – and protected in law. If you have been injured on a building or construction site, you are likely entitled to compensation. We can give you clear guidance on your rights. 

    Why choose us?

    Expert Support

    Whatever the cause of your injury, your claim will be handled by experienced personal injury claim specialists.

    No Win No Fee

    Our solicitors offer a no win, no fee service. This simply means that if your claim is unsuccessful, there should be no cost to you.

    Confidential

    Everything is confidential, free of upfront costs and we will never pressure you to start a claim if you don’t want to.

    No Win No Fee

    Our solicitors offer a no win, no fee service. This simply means that If you don't win your claim, there will be no cost to you.

    Maximum Payouts

    Our panel of dedicated solicitors will work to claim the maximum compensation available to you, in the shortest time possible.

    Interim Payments

    Interim payments may be available in certain circumstances. Our solicitors will always try to secure interim payments where needed.

    You don’t have to accept unnecessary risk

    More than most industries, construction can be hazardous. There’s lots of large machinery, powerful tools, heavy suspended objects, vehicle traffic and hazardous materials. Work is also often completed at height and dangerous electrics can be exposed. But just because construction has its hazards, you shouldn’t have to accept unnecessary levels of risk. The vast majority of construction accidents simply shouldn’t happen.

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    You have the legal right to work in an environment that’s safe

    Accidents tend to happen when corners are cut in terms of health and safety. Machinery should be in good working order. You must be given appropriate training and you should have received all the safety equipment that you require. Your site should also be kept clean and clutter free, and you should be given regular breaks to prevent fatigue.

     

    Of course, working in construction can also cause injuries that develop over time – such as hearing loss, vibration white finger or back injuries caused by excessive manual handling. Whatever the cause of your injury, we can give you clear guidance on your legal rights: explaining what your options are, how much compensation you may be entitled to and how to start a claim.

    Who pays your compensation?
    And what about returning to work?

    You may be worried that making a claim could leave your employer in hot water. Firstly, all employers are required by law to have liability cover. This is a type of insurance policy that covers personal injury claims from employees and contractors like you. It means that if your claim is successful, your payout will be paid by an insurance company – rather than your employer or client.

    Your employer may not even be legally responsible for your accident. Construction sites can be complicated, with lots of different project stakeholders. Depending on the details of your accident, it may be that your case is put against a vehicle supplier or equipment manufacturer. Sometimes even the landowner can be the legally responsible party.

    As for returning to work, there’s no need to worry about things being awkward with your employer. It’s illegal for them to treat you any differently for making a claim. It’s also worth remembering that by making a claim you are helping to make sure the same accident doesn’t happen again, protecting your colleagues and helping to raise safety standards across the industry.

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              Have you been injured in an accident in the last 3 years?
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              Amounts are based on government 'Guidelines for assessment of general damages in personal injury cases'

              • Neck & Back Injuries

                • Minor neck injuries

                  Up to £10,420

                  Where a full recovery takes place within a period of about one to two years.

                • Moderate neck injuries

                  Up to £50,850

                  Injuries such as fractures or dislocations which cause severe immediate symptoms and which may necessitate spinal fusion.

                • Severe neck injuries

                  Up to £195,970

                  Neck injury associated with incomplete paraplegia or resulting in permanent spastic quadriparesis.

                • Minor back injury

                  Up to £16,520

                  Where a full recovery or a recovery to nuisance level takes place without surgery within about two to five years.

                • Moderate back injury

                  Up to £36,680

                  Many frequently encountered injuries to the back such as disturbance of ligaments and muscles giving rise to backache, soft tissue injuries resulting in a prolonged acceleration and / or exacerbation of a pre-existing back condition.

                • Severe back injury

                  Up to £212,670

                  Cases of the most severe injury involving damage to the spinal cord and nerve roots, leading to a combination of very serious consequences not normally found in cases of back injury.

              • Head Injuries

                • Minor brain or head injury

                  Up to £16,870

                  In these cases brain damage, if any, will have been minimal. The bottom of the bracket will reflect full recovery within a few weeks.

                • Moderate brain damage

                  Up to £289,420

                  This category is distinguished from the moderately severe category by the fact that the degree of dependence is markedly lower.

                • Moderately severe brain damage

                  Up to £372,570

                  The insured person will be very seriously disabled. There will be substantial dependence on others and a need for constant professional and other care.

                • Very severe brain damage

                  Up to £533,720

                  In cases at the top of this bracket there may be some ability to follow basic commands, recovery of eye opening and return of sleep and waking patterns and postural reflex movement.

              • Shoulder Injuries

                • Minor shoulder injury

                  Up to £10,420

                  Soft tissue injury to your shoulder with considerable pain but almost complete recovery within one to two years.

                • Moderate - severe shoulder injury

                  Up to £25,370

                  Frozen shoulder with limitation of movement and discomfort with symptoms persisting for about two years. Also soft tissue injuries with more than minimal symptoms persisting after two years but not permanent. Often associated with neck injuries and involving damage to the brachial plexus resulting in significant disability.

                • Fracture of clavicle

                  Up to £16,170

                  The level of the award will depend on extent of fracture, level of disability, residual symptoms, and whether temporary or permanent, and whether union is anatomically displaced.

              • Eye Injuries

                • Minor eye injury

                  Up to £11,540

                  In this bracket fall cases of minor injuries, such as being struck in the eye, exposure to fumes including smoke, or being splashed by liquids, causing initial pain and some temporary interference with vision.

                • Complete loss of sight in one eye

                  Up to £72,440

                  This award takes account of some risk of sympathetic ophthalmia.

                • Total loss of one eye

                  Up to £86,820

                  The level of the award within the bracket will depend on age, psychiatric consequences, and cosmetic effect.

              • Hearing Loss

                • Partial hearing loss and/or tinnitus

                  Up to £60,160

                  This category covers the bulk of deafness cases which usually result from exposure to noise at work over a prolonged period.

                • Total loss of hearing in one ear

                  Up to £60,160

                  Cases will tend towards the higher end of the bracket where there are associated problems, such as tinnitus, dizziness or headaches.

                • Total deafness

                  Up to £144,860

                  The lower end of the bracket is appropriate for cases where there is no speech deficit or tinnitus. The higher end is appropriate for cases involving both of these.

              • Facial Injuries

                • Fractures of nose or nasal complex

                  Up to £6,740

                  (Displaced fracture where recovery is complete but only after surgery.)

                • Fractures of cheekbones

                  Up to £20,850

                  Serious Fractures requiring surgery but with lasting consequences such as paraesthesia in the cheeks or the lips or some element of disfigurement.

                • Fractures of jaws

                  Up to £40,280

                  Serious fracture with permanent consequences such as difficulty in opening the mouth or with eating or where there is paraesthesia in the area of the jaw.

                • Damage to teeth

                  Up to £15,080

                  Loss of or serious damage to several front teeth.

              • Arm Injuries

                • Loss of one arm

                  Up to £181,200

                  Arm amputated at the shoulder.

                • Less severe injury arm injury

                  Up to £47,810

                  While there will have been significant disabilities, a substantial degree of recovery will have taken place or will be expected.

                • Simple fractures

                  Up to £23,430

                  Simple Fractures of the Forearm.

              • Elbow Injuries

                • Severe elbow injury

                  Up to £72,440

                  A Severely Disabling Injury.

                • Less severe injuries elbow injury

                  Up to £42,290

                  Injuries causing impairment of function but not involving major surgery or significant disability.

                • Moderate or minor injury elbow injury

                  Up to £16,640

                  Most elbow injuries fall into this category. They comprise simple fractures, tennis elbow syndrome and lacerations; i.e., those injuries which cause no permanent damage and do not result in any permanent impairment of function.

              • Wrist Injuries

                • Very minor wrist injuries

                  Up to £6,270

                  Undisplaced or minimal displaced fractures and soft tissue injuries necessitating application of plaster or bandage for a matter of weeks and a full or virtual recovery within up to 12 months or so.

                • Less severe injuries wrist injuries

                  Up to £32,370

                  Where these still result in some permanent disability as, for example, a degree of persisting pain and stiffness.

                • Severe wrist injuries

                  Up to £79,080

                  Injuries resulting in complete loss of function in the wrist, for example, where an arthrodesis has been performed.

              • Hand / Finger Injuries

                • Serious damage to both hands

                  Up to £111,730

                  Such injuries will have given rise to permanent cosmetic disability and significant loss of function.

                • Moderate hand injury

                  Up to £22,150

                  Crush injuries, penetrating wounds, soft tissue type and deep lacerations. The top of the bracket would be appropriate where surgery has failed and permanent disability remains. The bottom of the bracket would be appropriate for permanent but non-intrusive symptoms.

                • Severe hand injuries

                  Up to £25,890

                  Total Loss of Index Finger.

                • Severe hand injuries

                  Up to £72,440

                  Loss of Thumb.

              • Hip / Pelvis Injury

                • Severe hip / pelvis injury

                  Up to £172,970

                  Extensive fractures of the pelvis involving, for example, dislocation of a low back joint and a reputed bladder, or a hip injury resulting in spondylolisthesis of a low back joint with intolerable pain and necessitating spinal fusion.

                • Moderate hip / pelvis injury

                  Up to £51,750

                  Significant injury to the pelvis or hip but any permanent disability is not major and any future risk not great.

                • Lesser injuries hip / pelvis injury

                  Up to £16,640

                  Cases where despite significant injury there is little or no residual disability. Where there has been a complete recovery within two years, the award may but is unlikely to exceed the mid-point in the range.

              • Leg Injuries

                • Above-knee amputation of one leg

                  Up to £181,610

                  The award will depend upon such factors as the level of the amputation; the severity of any phantom pains; associated psychological problems; the success of any prosthetics; any side effects such as backache and the risk of developing osteoarthritis in the remaining joints of both lower limbs or in the hips and spine.

                • Severe leg injury

                  Up to £72,440

                  Serious compound or comminuted fractures or injuries to joints or ligaments resulting in instability, prolonged treatment, a lengthy period of non-weight-bearing, the near certainty that arthritis will ensue; extensive scarring. To justify an award within this bracket a combination of such features will generally be necessary.

                • Moderate leg injury

                  Up to £36,680

                  Fractures from which an incomplete recovery is made or serious soft tissue injuries.

                • Less severe leg injuries

                  Up to £18,600

                  Simple fracture of a femur with no damage to articular surfaces.

              • Knee Injuries

                • Severe knee injury

                  Up to £127,110

                  Serious knee injury where there has been disruption of the joint, the development of ostearthristis, gross ligamentous damage, lengthy treatment, considerable pain and loss of function, an arthroplasty or arthrodesis has taken place or is inevitable.

                • Moderate knee injury

                  Up to £34,600

                  Injuries involving dislocation, torn cartilage or meniscus which results in minor instability, wasting, weakness, or other mild future disability.

              • Ankle Injuries

                • Severe ankle injury

                  Up to £66,140

                  Injuries necessitating and extensive period of treatment and/or a lengthy period in plaster or where pins and plates have been inserted and there is significant residual disability in the form of ankle instability and severely limited ability to walk.

                • Moderate ankle injury

                  Up to £35,130

                  Fractures, ligamentous tears and the like which give rise to less serious disabilities such as difficulty in walking on uneven ground, difficulty standing or walking for long periods of time, awkwardness on stairs, irritation from metal plates and residual scarring.

                • Modest injuries ankle injury

                  Up to £18,150

                  The less serious, minor or undisplaced fractures, sprains and ligamentous injuries.

              • Toe Injuries

                • Severe toe injury

                  Up to £41,370

                  Amputation of the Great Toe

                • Moderate toe injuries

                  Up to £12,690

                  These injuries include relatively straight forward fractures or the exacerbation of a pre-existing degenerative condition or laceration injuries to one or more toes.

              • Hair Damage

                • Hair / scalp injuries

                  Up to £14,560

                  Damage to hair in consequence of defective permanent waving, tinting, or the like, where the effects are dermatitis, eczema or tingling or 'burning' of the scalp causing dry, brittle hair, which breaks off and/or falls out, leading to distress, depression, embarrassment and loss of confidence, and inhibitating social life

                • Hair / scalp injuries

                  Up to £9,700

                  Less serious versions of the above where symptoms are fewer or only of a minor character; also, cases where hair has been pulled out leaving bald patches.

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