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Exposed wires can be an obvious danger. Whether they’re lying on the ground and pose a possible tripping hazard, or whether they’re protruding where they could lacerate you or even give you an electric shock, we may be able to help.
If this has happened at work, in a public place like a shop, or perhaps in a rented property, you may have a claim for personal injury compensation.
When Can I Claim?
If the accident has been caused because of someone’s negligence, perhaps through their failure to do something, you may have a case. At work, there are loads of rules and regulations an employer must abide by to ensure that wires are not tripping hazards or cut / electric shock hazards. There should never be exposed wires that could cause an injury, and you might have a solid claim in these circumstances.
Similar duties apply in public places as well – there is always a general duty by the occupier of a premises to take reasonable steps to look out for your health and safety, and leaving wires exposed where they can be a hazard can constitute as a failure of this duty.
In a rented premises, it is a lot more dependent on how the wires came to be exposed. If you move in and they’re already like that, we can argue it’s the landlords fault. If work is, or has, been done in the house, leaving exposed wires as a danger, we can argue negligence there to. But if the wires being exposed is down to you, or perhaps they have become exposed, it can depend on what knowledge your landlord had of the danger.
Losing a claim can be down to what steps the person(s) / company responsible can prove they have taken to prevent wires being exposed. In the absence of such evidence, you can make a winning claim.
What Do I Do?
Take some photos if you can, and get some medical help as well. Photos can be a useful piece of evidence, and reporting it to whoever is in control of where it happened may also be important too.
Speak to our specialist team here at The Injury Lawyers for help and advice about making a claim for personal injury compensation today. We offer free, no obligation, advice for making claims and we can normally tell you in minutes where you have a claim or not.
In most cases, like work accident claims, public liability claims, and claims against a landlord, we do offer 100% compensation agreements. Most other firms will take 25% from your compensation, but we don’t.
We can also offer No Win, No Fee guarantees as well.
So whether you have tripped and fallen due to exposed wires or been cut or shocked, you may be owed thousands of pounds in personal injury compensation. Call us today on 0800 634 75 75 for help and advice.
