Forklift Accident Claims

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• Telephone Boris at Kremers to discuss your claim, on 0845 021 2222. All calls are charged at the local rate.

The law governing construction site safety was strengthened by the introduction of European Union regulations at the beginning of 1993.

Such is the scope of the regulations that individuals wishing to make a personal injury claim are able to rely upon these for most forklift accident claims and indeed construction site accidents generally.

Some of the most common accidents on construction sites are as follows:

• Roofing Accidents
• Crane Accidents
• Scaffold and Scaffolding Accidents
• Non Roof Falls
• Forklift Truck Accidents
• Lifting Equipment Failure
• Electric Shock Injury
• Trench Collapses
• Fire and Explosion Accident
• Road Traffic Accident
• Compressed Gases Accidents
• Welding Accidents

The most commonly used law in relation to building site accidents generally is the Construction (Health, Safety and Welfare) Regulations 1996. These state that the employer must:

• ensure a safe place of work
• ensure a safe means of access to and from the place of work
• prevent falls with specific regulations for work over 2 metres high
• employ physical precautions or provide equipment that will arrest falls
• prevent falls through fragile materials
• erect scaffolding under competent supervision
• protect employees and others from falling objects
• ensure that materials and equipment are stored safely

We have previously handled a number of successful claims involving forklift trucks, including the following:

• Factory accidents where employees have suffered foot injuries, as a result of the forklift truck being driven carelessly, or straying outside the designated passageway marked by yellow lines.
• Other collision accidents caused by stock pickers driving forklift trucks inside wholesale warehouses.
• An accident where an employee was dismantling overhead equipment, while standing inside a cage secured inadequately to the forks of the forklift truck.

Boris Kremer - personal injury solicitor, Sovereign House, Solent Way, Gosport, Hampshire UK.

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handling personal injury claims as a result of forklift accidents and accidents at work generally