Working at Height-Are You Safe?

There are many jobs out there that require employees to work at height. It may be that you work for a maintenance team, that you’re a window cleaner or that you work in an office. Whatever your job role is, if you are required to work at height it is your employers responsibility to ensure that you are safe when doing so. There have been a number of accidents across Britain where employees have become injured because the necessary precautions weren’t carried out or because they were sent on a job alone when it required two people to do it.

Before many jobs in the workplace are carried out something that is called as risk check is done. This is where the job waiting to be done is seen as low, medium or high risk. If it is found to be medium or high risk staff responsible for conducting the task may then have to re-think certain things, or change the way it is done to make that task safer.

No matter what job role you have it is likely that you will be required to work at height at some point in you career. Working at height doesn’t necessarily mean working up a pair of ladders or on a building site. If a receptionist is asked to change a light bulb or uses a chair to reach for something high up, that is also classed as working at height. Whatever job it is you do it is important that it is done safely.

If you become involved in an accident when carrying out such a job you may be able to make an injury compensation claim. However there are a number of things you would need to do prior to making a claim. If you suffered injury on site you may need to fill out an accident report form with your employer. It is then a good idea to seek medical attention because medics will then be able to diagnose the type of injury you have suffered and give you the advice you need on recovering from that injury.

After the accident you may consider making an injury compensation claim so it is a good idea to try and write down as much about the accident as you can remember. You should ask yourself questions such as were you alone at the time or the accident? Should you have been working alone? Were there any circumstances that you felt were unsafe about the job you were doing?

All of the above will help when making an injury compensation claim. If you would like more information on making a claim or free legal advice then contact the Injury Lawyers.