Slipping on a wet floor may seem to some people like a sketch from a slap-stick comedy film but for those people who have ever had the misfortune to be the victim of a fall on a wet floor, it is not a source of humour. In fact the instances where accidents of this type happen can be the cause of a lot more than embarrassment or bruised ego and can cause serious injuries.
If you are the visitor to a public place then the owners of the building in which you are visiting have certain responsibilities to keep you safe from harm under the Occupiers Liability Act. This includes not exposing you to the danger of being harmed – a good example of this danger would be a wet tiled floor on which you could slip and fall.
The Occupiers Liability Act says that building owners have to take proper measures to protect you from these risks – in the case of a dangerously wet floor you should expect to find warning signs, cones, cordons or other means designed to stop you walking across the surface of the floor until it was dry and safe to do so. Although a claim may be more difficult to progress if these measures were in place the fact that a sign was put up would not necessarily prevent you from claiming if for some reason it was not clearly visible to you or there was more that should have been done. In any event if you feel that the measures taken to protect your safety were not adequate you should contact The Injury Lawyers for expert personal injury advice.
Another factor in progressing your claim for personal injury from slipping on a wet floor would be whether the building owners used outside contractors and firms to do cleaning for them. If this is the case and you have contacted the building owners they may have told you that they are not responsible as they don’t do their own cleaning. While there is some truth in this, there is still a responsibility to keep you safe from harm even if this responsibility lies with the cleaning company or contractor.
If you have been injured as a result of a fall on a wet floor and you feel that you have a claim for personal injury then contact The Injury Lawyers for expert personal injury advice.
