Fall From Height Compensation Claims
Claim Compensation For A Fall From Height
Falls from height are not uncommon in the UK. A recent construction report highlighted there are over 225,000 construction professionals and the largest cause of fatal and major injuries in this profession is falls at work from height.
This highlights the need for employers to carefully monitor the health and safety procedures in place.
Falls include falls through fragile material, from steelwork, ladders, edges, openings and from scaffolding. There is legislation in place to protect employees with The Work at Height Regulations 2005 along with helpful guides produced by The Health and Safety Executive such as ‘Safe Use of Ladders and Stepladders’.
Every employer should ensure work is not carried out at height if a safer alternative method can be used. If work has to be carried out at height and a safer method is not available then a suitable and sufficient measure to prevent, so far as is reasonable, any fall from height likely to cause injury has to be taken.