Can I Sue My Employer For A Slip And Fall?

By Stephen Hudson. Last Updated 19th September 2024. “Can I sue my employer for a slip and fall?” If you’re asking this question, our guide can help. You could claim against your employer if they caused a slip and fall accident resulting in your injury.

Unfortunately, falls at work are amongst the most common types of non-fatal workplace injuries. Even a small safety hazard, such as a spillage on the floor, can cause a slip at work. This guide will explain how slips and trips at work can happen and we will look at the injuries a slipping accident can cause. Moreover, we will explain how to claim against your employer if their negligence caused your injuries.

To see if you can sue for a slip and fall at work, contact Legal Expert today. We can offer you free legal advice on claiming compensation for an accident. Moreover, we could connect you with a skilled personal injury lawyer to handle your claim. They can handle your claim on a No Win No Fee basis, which means that your lawyer takes on the financial risk, not you. So contact us today to begin your claim.

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• 1. Can I Sue My Employer For A Slip And Fall In The Workplace?
  2. How Can Workplace Slips And Falls Happen?
  3. How Do Slip And Fall Claims Against Your Employer Work?
  4. Slip And Fall At Work Compensation Amounts In The UK
  5. Talk To A Solicitor About Your Slip And Fall Claim

Can I Sue My Employer For A Slip And Fall In The Workplace?

Employers owe their staff a duty of care to take reasonable steps to ensure their health and safety in the workplace. This is established by certain legislation including the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974. The exact tasks an employer should carry out to fulfil their duty of care will depend on the type of workplace they operate. Tasks could include carrying out regular safety inspections of work areas and fixing or cleaning safety hazards such as spillages as soon as possible once they are reported. If such measures are not carried properly, then this could ultimately lead to a slip and fall at work accident.

You may be asking ‘can I sue my employer for a slip and fall?’ It may be possible for you to do this if the following applies:

• Your employer owed you a duty of care.
• Your employer breached this duty, causing a fall or slip at work.
• The slipping accident at work led to you becoming injured.

To learn more about whether you’re eligible to start a slip and fall at work claim, you can contact our advisors for free either online or by calling our team.

How Can Workplace Slips And Falls Happen?

You may be wondering if you can sue your employer for a slip and fall at work. If you can show that the accident and injuries were due to your employer’s negligence, then you may be able to.

Here are some examples of how a slip and fall accident can happen in the workplace:

• • • Passers-by can slip on a wet floor. Cleaners should put up signposts to warn passers-by about a wet floor.
    • Spillages on the floor, such as a spilt drink, can cause slipping accidents if not attended to.
    • A leak that isn’t fixed can cause a build-up of liquid on the floor. This, if not marked by a floor sign, could cause a slip and fall.

How Do Slip And Fall Claims Against Your Employer Work?

To claim against your employer for a slip and fall at work, you must provide evidence to support your claim. You could use your medical records to prove that you were injured. What’s more, you’d attend a medical assessment as part of the claims process. We discuss this in the section below.

You can also collect the following evidence to support your claim:

• • • Photographs of the hazard that caused your injuries
    • Photographs of your injuries, if they are visible
    • A copy of the report, in your company’s incident logbook
    • Witness contact details so you can get statements at a later date
    • CCTV footage of your accident
    • Receipts or other financial documents that show any purchases you have made because of your accident

To sue your employer for a slip and fall, you’d need evidence. If you’re unsure about the evidence you have, why not contact our advisors to discuss it?

Slip And Fall At Work Compensation Amounts In The UK

If you wish to claim compensation for a slip and fall accident, Legal Expert could help you. You may be wondering, “How much should I settle for a slip and fall?” How much compensation you could receive would depend on factors such as the severity of your injuries.

General damages are compensation for the harmful effects of your injuries. Please use the table below to help you understand how much compensation you could receive in general damages. We have used Judicial College Guidelines (JCG) to create the compensation table. The JCG is used by legal professionals when valuing injuries. However, the table does not include special damages.

To help prove general damages, you would need medical evidence. This could come in the form of a medical report created after you attend a medical assessment. An independent medical professional would check your injuries and any relevant medical notes. The purpose of the report is to:

1. Assess the severity of your injuries.
2. Establish whether your injuries are consistent with those that such an accident could cause.

Your solicitor would use the report as proof but can also use it to help value your injuries.

You may be eligible to claim special damages and general damages. Special damages are reimbursement for any financial losses you have experienced because you were injured. Here are some examples of special damages:

• • • Medical costs, such as the cost of prescriptions
    • Specialist care costs if the NHS wasn’t able to provide it
    • Loss of income reimbursement
    • Travel costs, such as the cost of travelling to and from hospital
    • If you suffer a disability due to the accident, you can claim special damages to pay for any mobility equipment or home adaptations you may need

To prove special damages, you can provide documents such as payslips, invoices and bank statements.

Please call Legal Expert’s claims helpline, and we can accurately estimate how much compensation you could claim, based on your circumstances.

Talk To A Solicitor About Your Slip And Fall Claim

Call us today to discuss whether you can sue your employer for a slip and fall. If you have strong grounds for a claim, we can provide you with an experienced solicitor to handle your workplace injury claim.

What’s more, you could make a No Win No Fee claim. Essentially, you would not have to pay a solicitor’s fee before work begins on your claim. Instead, you would pay a success fee only if your claim is successful. Therefore, if you do not win your claim, you wouldn’t need to pay the solicitor’s fee at all.

You would sign a Conditional Fee Agreement (the formal term for a No Win No Fee agreement) to formalise this.

To find out if you can sue if you slip and fall at work, please contact Legal Expert today.

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• Use our claim online form via our website
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Related Employee Accident Claims

You may find these guides helpful if you wish to claim compensation for an accident:

• How to make an accident at work claim
• Making a Civil Service accident at work claim
• Case study: £22,000 compensation for an electric shock at work
• An HSE guide to the Work at Height Regulations 2005
• A guide to basic health and safety for businesses, from the HSE
• About the Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations (RIDDOR)

We hope the question, “Can I sue my employer for a slip and fall?” has been answered. However, if you need anything more, why not reach out to our advisors?