Faulty Wiring Accident Claims Guide – How Much Compensation Can I Claim? – Who Is At Fault?
By Cat Way. Last Updated 13th November 2024. Welcome to our guide on faulty wiring accident claims. If you have suffered any electrical injuries through no fault of your own, then you could potentially be eligible for compensation.
We first look at what some common types of electrical injuries are, and how being in a faulty wiring accident could potentially affect you. We also look at the types of evidence that can help support this type of claim.
After this, we then discuss how you could potentially make a faulty wiring accident claim against an employer, an occupier of a public place, or a landlord.
Moreover, we explain how personal injury compensation is valued in successful claims, and how our expert solicitors could potentially help you today.
If you wish to learn more about the faulty wiring accident claims process, please either continue reading or contact us today. Our team can assess whether you’re eligible for personal injury compensation or not. It is free to chat to us today:
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- A Guide to Faulty Wiring Accident Claims
- What Can Faulty Wiring Cause?
- Faulty Wiring – Key Steps To Making A Claim If Injured
- Can I Claim For an Electric Shock Faulty Wiring Accident at Work?
- Can I Claim For an Electric Shock Faulty Wiring Accident in a Public Place?
- Claiming Against Your Landlord For Faulty Wiring Injury
- Compensation For Accidents Caused By Faulty Wires
- No Win No Fee Faulty Wiring Accident Claims
- Helpful Links
A Guide to Faulty Wiring Injury Claims
The injuries caused by faulty wiring can be serious and life-changing, even resulting in death in the most severe cases. Faulty wiring can lead to electric shocks or electrical fires, both of which can have devastating outcomes. Your home and belongings can be destroyed, and you may suffer long-term physical and psychological health problems following the incident.
Faulty wiring is usually caused by a lack of maintenance or inadequate repair. If an employer or landlord has failed to check and maintain electrical equipment, then they can be liable for your faulty wiring injury. Alternatively, if an electrician has been employed to check or repair the wiring and has not done so properly, or is not fully qualified to do the job then they may be the one who is liable for the injuries sustained.
If someone is to blame for your injuries then we can help you claim by navigating the legislation and helping you understand what you should do to strengthen your case. Legal Expert are dedicated to achieving the maximum possible damages for our clients on a No Win No Fee basis. Call us today to discuss faulty wiring accident claims.
What is the most common electrical injury?
According to the Health and Safety Executive’s guide on electrical injuries in the workplace, these are a few examples of injuries you could sustain due to faulting wiring:
- Electric shock – the heart may stop beating, the person may stop breathing and muscle spasms may occur.
- Electrical burns – these burns may require surgery and could be permanently disabling.
- Thermal burns – this could occur if someone is too close to an electrical explosion or fire.
If you’ve been physically or mentally injured by faulty wiring, and you could prove it was caused by negligence, you could potentially claim compensation. Get in touch with our advisors to find out more today.
What Can Faulty Wiring Cause?
If a building has faulty wiring. then this can be potentially very dangerous. If the wiring goes wrong it can lead to both electric shock and fire. Faulty wiring is most commonly caused by a failure to maintain the electrics in a property or a failure to install electrical systems properly in the first place.
What is an electrical accident?
If wiring is faulty, it could potentially lead to an electrical accident.
Electric shock injuries are frequently caused by faulty wiring and can you give a minor surprise or a severe injury that can lead to permanent disfigurement, disablement, or even death. Fire is equally as dangerous. Not only can it decimate your belongings in a property, but it can also seriously injure anybody in its path. Involvement in a fire can also lead to life-changing injuries.
Our advisors can help if you would like to seek compensation. Call today to talk about faulty wiring accident claims and find out if you can get a claim started.
Faulty Wiring – Key Steps To Making A Claim If Injured
A key part of making a claim after wiring faults caused you to become injured is collecting evidence. This can help support your claim by proving who is liable, how your injuries occurred, and how severely they have affected your life.
Evidence for faulty wiring accident claims could include:
- Witness contact details: If anyone witnessed your accident, taking their details means that their statements can be taken later.
- Medical records: If you seek medical treatment following your accident, your medical records will detail the severity of your injuries and the treatment you received for them.
- CCTV footage: A CCTV camera may have caught your accident. If this is the case, you could be able to request the footage to use as evidence.
- Maintenance logs: If there are maintenance logs or other records that show the faulty wiring had been reported but not maintained or fixed, these could be used to prove negligence.
One of the key benefits of hiring a solicitor to help you through your claim is that they can help you collect evidence. To find out how one of our solicitors could help you prove your claim for injuries due to faulty wiring, get in touch with our team today.
Can I Claim For an Electric Shock Faulty Wiring Accident at Work?
Under the Health and Safety At Work ect. Act 1974, employers have a duty of care to protect the health and safety of their employees. If you suffered an electric shock due to faulty wiring at work then you are eligible to claim compensation. You will need to prove that your employer was negligent but there are a number of strict regulations that employers must follow to ensure the wellbeing of employees and so with the help of a personal injury solicitor, there are many ways to prove this liability:
Under the Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) at Work Regulations 1992, if an employer is unable to remove or control hazards, they must provide personal protective equipment to ensure the health and safety of employees.
The Management of Health & Safety at Work Regulations of 1999 safeguards employees against risks to their health and well-being. The Electricity at Work Regulations of 1998 requires that all employees receive appropriate training on how to respond appropriately to live wires and assess the safety of electrical equipment.
Establishing your employer’s negligence will be much easier if you follow the steps above by taking photographs, gathering witness statements and writing your own account when the incident is fresh in your mind.
Some jobs that are more prone to electric shock risk include:
- Electricians
- Workers in construction
- Hospitality employees
- Hairdressers
- Working in theatre production
Tasks that carry a higher risk of electric shocks include:
- Being asked to fix faulty wiring
- Not being trained properly in the operation of certain machinery or being asked to operate machinery which has not been adequately maintained.
- Undertaking electrical tasks which you are not fully trained to complete.
Can I Claim For an Electric Shock Faulty Wiring Accident in a Public Place?
The Occupiers’ Liability Act 1957 states that anyone in charge of a public space (also known as an occupier) owes a duty of care to members of the public who visit their space lawfully. To comply with their duty of care, occupiers must take steps to reduce the risk of injury and ensure the public’s reasonable safety while they are on their premises.
Such steps include:
- Conducting regular maintenance checks on the space’s equipment and facilities, such as checking for no electrical faults.
- Responding as soon as is reasonably practicable to reports of hazards, such as exposed wiring.
If you suffered an electric shock or other electrical injury in a public space, such as a gym or a library, you may be able to claim compensation if the occupier failed to take the relevant required steps to ensure your reasonable safety. So, contact us today to learn more about making faulty wiring accident claims against an occupier.
Claiming Against Your Landlord For Faulty Wiring Injury
A Landlord Electrical Safety Certificate is a legal requirement since 2017. It places a duty of care to ensure up-to-date PAT testing. For landlords, 2017 was a turning point to ensure tenant’s rights for electrical safety in rental properties. The landlord has a responsibility for electrical wiring, for ensuring that there are no faulty electrics in the rented property and for meeting fuse box regulations in a rented property. Can a landlord do electrical work themselves? Only if they are a fully qualified electrician. If they are not, then you can claim that the electrical work was not adequately or professionally carried out.
If you are injured by faulty wiring in your rental property then it is highly likely that you can claim against your landlord as they have such a strong duty of care to protect you thanks to the Landlord and Tenants Act of 1985. It can, however, be tricky to navigate your way through the legislation, which is why we strongly suggest that you contact Legal Expert for professional advice.
Compensation For Accidents Caused By Faulty Wires
Compensation in faulty wiring accident claims can be awarded under 2 different heads of loss. These are:
- General damages: awarded for physical and psychological harm.
- Special damages: awarded for financial losses stemming from that harm.
Those assigned the task of calculating a potential general damages figure can make reference to your medical evidence alongside the Judicial College Guidelines (JCG). This publication outlines guideline compensation figures for various injuries, some of which we have used on the table below.
Compensation Table
Please be advised that this table is intended to act as guidance only. The top entry was not taken from the JCG.
| Type of Injury | Severity | Guideline Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Multiple Very Serious Injuries together with Significant Special Damages | Very Serious | Up to £500,000 + |
| Brain Damage | Moderate (b)(ii) | £110,720 to £183,190 |
| Moderate (b)(iii) | £52,550 to £110,720 | |
| Epilepsy | Established Petit Mal (b) | £66,920 to £160,360 |
| Burns | Covering 40% + of the Body | Likely to exceed £127,930 |
| Facial Disfigurement | Very Severe Scarring (a) | £36,340 to £118,790 |
| Less Severe Scarring (b) | £21,920 to £59,090 | |
| Scarring to Other Parts of the Body | A Number of Noticeable Scars or a Single Disfiguring Scar | £9,560 to £27,740 |
| A Single Noticeable Scar | £2,890 to £9,560 |
Special Damages
You could also receive special damages as part of your claim. This head of loss compensates for financial losses stemming from your injuries and can include costs such as:
- Loss of earnings.
- Care costs.
- Medical bills.
- Travel expenses.
- Home modifications.
Make sure you hold onto your payslips, as well as other documentation such as prescription letters, invoices for care services and travel tickets as proof of any losses you sustained.
As we said above, this section is intended to offer guidance on how faulty wiring accident compensation may be calculated. To get a more personalised idea of what your potential claim may be worth, contact our advisory team today using the contact information given above.
No Win No Fee Faulty Wiring Accident Claims
If you are eligible to seek personal injury compensation, you may wish to appoint legal representation to support you during the faulty wiring accident claims process. One of our expert personal injury solicitors could help you with your electric shock claim.
If one of our solicitors supports your personal injury compensation claim, they will do so on a No Win No Fee basis by offering their services under a Conditional Fee Agreement. For you, this means that your solicitor:
- Is not going to ask you to pay upfront for their work on your case.
- Also won’t expect for you to fund their services as the claim progresses.
- Won’t charge a solicitor’s fee if your claim doesn’t succeed.
- Only takes a small legally limited percentage of the compensation that has been awarded if your case is successful. This is known as a success fee.
If you have any further questions about faulty wiring accident claims or if you would like to find out more about how No Win No Fee arrangements work, speak to a member of our team.
Our advisors can help you get a claim started today:
- Call us today on 0800 073 8804
- Fill our our claim online form and an advisor will call you back.
- Ask a question in our live chat.
Helpful Links
Our general guide on this subject.
Want to know more about landlord claims? Our guide can help.
Our guide to claiming for electric shocks
The NHS page on electrical burns and how to treat them
The HSE Page on Electricity and how to stay safe at work.
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