If you have been injured due to an overloaded box or container, which you have been asked to move, then it may be possible to pursue an injured carrying an overloaded box compensation claim.

We have recently accepted such a case which involves a girl who was asked to move a box from an office to a storage area at a Spa in London.

The box which has been loaded by her manager was designed to carry six bottles of champagne, but had been loaded with approximately eleven.

When our client reached the storage room with the loaded box she place it on a bed in the room in order to make a space for the box. As she went to pick the box up, due to its excessive weight, it slipped form her hands and one of the bottles smashed on her foot.

She went to hospital and was diagnosed with ligament damage. She reported the accident to her manager and the accident was witnessed by a work colleague.

We were contacted and asked to make an injured by an overloaded box compensation claim for her.

All such accepted claims are worked on a no win no fee basis, where on winning maximum injury compensation is awarded.

Call us today on 0845 10 88 333 or click: Injured carrying an overloaded box compensation claim.

A demolition site is a place that can be full of many dangerous hazards that those working on it have to make safe and avoid. If you suffer an accident as a demolition worker that was due to the negligence of someone else, then you may be entitled to make a demolition worker accident claim with the help of the Accident Advice Bureau.

There has been such a case reported recently where a demolition worker based in Croydon has been prosecuted by the Health and Safety Executive, after one of his co workers was injured in a demolition accident.

The demolition worker was working alongside four other co workers on a demolition site at a Hospital.

The five of them were re-claiming bricks from the former two storey hospital, when one of them climbed onto the driving seat of a large thirteen tonne excavator and began moving it around the site.

When driving it he lost control of the vehicle and took it into a nearby wall, which unfortunately collapsed onto a colleague, who was left trapped beneath the rubble.

The trapped worker suffered serious leg injuries, a shattered shin bone which required a steel plate and a broken ankle.

Health and Safety discovered that the worker driving the excavator was not authorised by the demolition company to do so. The driver admitted a breach of the Health and Safety at Work Act and was sentenced by the court to perform 120 hours of community service, he was also ordered to pay court costs.

All building site demolition worker accident claims accepted here at the Accident Advice Bureau are done so on a no win no fee basis, where on winning maximum demolition compensation is awarded.

So contact us today on 0845 10 88 333 or click: Demolition worker accident claim.

If you work as a builder and suffer an accident which leads to you being injured, if you believe the accident was as a result of the negligence of others, then you may be able to pursue a builder accident at work injury claim with the help of the Accident Advice Bureau.

There has been a case reported recently where a builder was nearly killed when he cut into a live electricity cable on a building site located in Wigan. At the time of the accident he was thrown violently across the cellar in a farm and knocked unconscious by the electric cable.

Health and Safety investigated after the accident and they discovered that the injured builder was told by his employer that the electric cable did not have any power running through it. Health and Safety also discovered that the building plan mentioned the electric being a danger and made it very clear that prior to building work starting a digger had damaged a gas main providing gas for the surrounding properties.

The building company responsible Wain Homes Ltd failed to check the electric cables to ensure their safety and went on to admit breaking two accounts of the construction regulations 2007 and one account of the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974.

Wain Homes Ltd were fined £8,000 for the accident at work and ordered to pay £2,095 in costs after the company failed to make sure its employees were safe and failed to check the location of the existing electricity and gas supplies.

All accepted builder accident at work compensation claims are work on a no win no fee basis where on winning 100% of your compensation is awarded.

Contact us today on 0845 10 88 333 or click: Builder accident at work injury claim.

If you fall from a height at work or any other public place and are injured as a result, as long as the accident was due to the negligence of others you may be able pursue a broken back after falling from a height injury claim, with the help of the Accident Advice Bureau.

There has been such a case reported recently. It involved a twenty four old worker who was fitting pipe work for the installation of a moulding machine. The worker was above ground in a roof void over a suspended ceiling and had to travel along a crawl board to reach the area he needed to work on. Whilst doing this he fell 6.5 metres to the solid factory floor below.

As a result of the fall he suffered serious injuries including fractures to his ribs, spine and skull.

Health and Safety investigated and concluded that although the worker had been fitted with a safety harness he had been unable to use it effectively due to a lack of attachment points in the roof void.

Falling accidents at work are a major cause of serious injuries and falling from a height injury claims being made.

All such accepted claims here at the Accident Advice Bureau are worked on a no win no fee basis where on winning maximum compensation is awarded.

So call us today on 0845 10 88 333 or click: Broken back after falling from a height injury claim.

If you fall from a height at work or any public place, as long as the accident was caused as a result of the negligence of others, you may be able to pursue a fall from a height injury at work claim with the help of the Accident Advice Bureau.

There has been such a case reported that took place at a waste management company. It involved a forty four year old worker who was assisting to empty a skip at an industrial park in Blackburn.

Due to over filling,  waste from the skip had become stuck on the collection vehicles roof. The worker attempted to reach the blockage by climbing up metal bars attached to the truck, however the fixings on the bars gave way and he crashed to the ground below.

As a result of the fall he suffered a broken right elbow and a damaged foot. Health and Safety investigated and concluded that the company had wrongly thought that the metal bars on the truck could be used as a ladder. This was not the case and the bars were not designed for this purpose.

The company were found guilty of breaching the Health and Safety at Work Act and were fined £15,000.

All accepted fall from a height injury at work claims, here at the Accident Advice Bureau are worked on a no win no fee basis, where on winning maximum fall from height compensation is awarded.

Telephone us on 0845 10 88 333 or click: Fall from a height injury at work claim.

If you work as a care assistant and have suffered an accident which has left you with injuries through no fault of your own, it may be possible to make a care assistant accident claim with the help of the Accident Advice Bureau.

We have accepted such a claim recently involving a senior care assistant who was working the night shift. The accident happened at approx 2.30am as the client was making her way down some stairs within the premises of the care home.

As the client was walking down the stairs a dog belonging to the care home suddenly ran up the stairs and under the client’s feet. She lost her balance and twisted awkwardly whilst grabbing the banister. She felt severe pain to her left knee and went to inform her co worker of the accident. She went on to also inform the deputy manager by phone and in writing.

After the accident the client went to hospital who diagnosed cartilage/ligament damage to her left knee. Since the accident she has not returned to work due to pain with ongoing visits to hospital.

The client stated that the dog at the care home has full run of the care home and there are no stair gates to stop the dog from the entering the stair area. The dog is a cross between jack russel and a poodle, therefore can run at speed.

The injured worker contacted us here at the Accident Advice Bureau and asked for our help in making a care assistant injury claim, all such claims are worked on a no win no fee basis where on winning maximum compensation is awarded.

Contact us today on 0845 10 88 333 or click: Care assistant accident claim.