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If you incur an injury at your workplace, it can be debilitating and costly on many different levels. Apart from the physical and psychological pain that you endure, you may also miss work and be burdened by medical bills. When you are injured at work, many times it is through no fault of your own. This is why personal injury compensation exists–to compensate you. It is your employer’s responsibility to take care of you and the financial hurdles that you face. However, many employers, unfortunately, do not take this responsibility seriously and employees are faced with bringing a personal injury compensation case against them.
Employers have, among other things, the following duties:
- to take “reasonable care” so as to avoid foreseeable risk of injury,
- to provide competent staff,
- to provide a safe place to work,
- to provide proper and adequate materials and,
- to provide a safe system of work and supervision.
Depending on the type of injury you have, your personal injury compensation may include the following:
- Medical expenses
- This includes hospital visits, therapeutic care, caregiving costs or cost required medical equipment.
- Domestic care and assistance including paid care
- Compensation for pain or psychological suffering
- Loss of earnings and/or capacity to earn
Can construction workers claim personal injury compensation?
Yes, if you work in construction and have incurred an injury on-site, you may be able to claim personal injury compensation through worker’s compensation and from other liable parties. You may have more than one claim which is even more reason to consult Prominent Lawyers early!
Construction sites are among the most dangerous environments and the most likely places to get injured while working. This is unsurprising as construction sites contain heavy machinery, dangerous tools and hazardous equipment, all of which can easily injure someone. Additionally, construction workers often have to perform dangerous tasks, making the likelihood of injury very high. Construction workers can often incur the following injuries.
- Burns
- Electrocution
- Head injuries
- Brain injuries
- Broken bones sustained from falling from significant heights
- Muscle strain from repetitive movement or from lifting heavy objects
- Spinal cord injuries
- Illnesses caused by toxic exposure
In addition to building construction workers, other trades persons that work in high-risk environments are also able to claim personal injury compensation such as:
- Plumbers
- Plumbers can incur hand and finger injuries. Additionally, they are at risk of sustaining serious eye injuries which can lead to permanent disability.
- Carpenters
- Carpenters can incur wounds, lacerations and amputations to hands and fingers from nail guns, protruding nails, and sawing/cutting timber. Muscle strains are also a common injury.
- Electricians
- Peripheral nerve injuries as well a mild to serious skin burn are injuries that an electrician can incur.
How can Prominent Lawyers help you claim personal injury compensation for your construction injury?
Our team at Prominent Lawyers are skilled in personal injury compensation claims. We will use this skill to represent you to the best of our abilities. From our initial meeting until the finalisation of your matters, we will be by your side ensuring that you are given the maximum compensation and allowed to make a full recovery. Here’s a synopsis of the procedure that you can expect if you were to hire our team.
- Provide preliminary advice about the personal injury law and an analysis of the evidence that you bring forth.
- Consult other legal experts, if required for your case.
- Provide a thorough explanation of the process.
- Find and correspond with persons who witnessed your injury.
- Discover, correspond with and engage relevant experts to support your case. For example, your Prominent Lawyers representative may call on a medical expert to testify about the severity and effects of your injury. This can lead to greater compensation later down the line.
- Evidence is what strengthens your case, especially if your employer is putting up a strong fight against your claims. Your Prominent Lawyer will gather evidence for the purpose of submitting it to the other party, Tribunal and Court.
- Correspond with all parties in the case including, the insurer and their lawyers, the Tribunal, the Court, experts, and any other person who may be relevant to your case.
- Complete and submits all Tribunal and Court documents needed to prosecute.
- Prepare documents necessary for any mediation, settlement conference or hearing;
- Communicate with the Tribunal, and Court regarding all documents required for mediation, settlement conference or hearing.
- You’ll be awarded compensation either monetarily or non-monetarily and based on your injury and circumstances. Your Prominent Lawyers’ lawyer will manage and ensure that the finalisation of settlement documentation is complete.
At Prominent Lawyers, we want to help you through the difficult and traumatic time of a personal injury compensation claim. We understand how mentally, emotionally and financially draining the process can be and will fight our hardest for the maximum compensation. Our team will take care of your case including all necessary documents, proceedings and collection of evidence, so please use this time to rest and recover.
Prominent Lawyers employs experts in the personal injury compensation field. They will be able to support and guide you through the tedious process and ensure that you reach a settlement that you are content with.
Get in touch with us on 1800 77 66 46.
