If you have been injured while working on a construction site, you may be entitled to make a demande d'indemnisation pour préjudice corporel* against your employer for compensation. 

An employer owes employees a duty of care. If the employer breaches their duty of care and the employee suffers an injury, they may have a workplace injury claim*. 

Injury on a construction site could happen when you get a nail through the foot, fall from a height, or you get hit by an object dropped from a scaffolding. You may suffer a severe injury in a construction site accident that could have you off work, facing large medical bills and needing full-time care for life.

PBN Litigation Solicitors in Dublin have the experience to handle your construction site claim and get you the compensation you deserve.

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Qu'est-ce qu'un accident du travail en Irlande ?

Un accident du travail en Irlande est un accident qui survient partout où vous vous trouvez au travail pour un employeur. Votre employeur a une obligation de diligence envers vous lorsque vous travaillez pour lui, et si vous subissez une blessure en raison d'un manquement à cette obligation de diligence, cela pourrait constituer une réclamation pour accident du travail.

Certains des lieux de travail où vous pourriez subir un accident du travail :

  • À l'usine
  • À l'entrepôt
  • Dans un centre commercial
  • Quand on est dans la camionnette de l'entreprise
  • Au bureau
  • En contrat de travail indépendant
  • Dans une cuisine de restaurant
  • On a construction site

The Health and Safety Authority, HSA, report there are more than 9,000 non-fatal workplace accidents per annum. There are more than 370 non-fatal accidents per 100,000 employees annually in Ireland. In the construction industry, 832 non-fatal injury accidents were reported in 2023. Most workplace accidents affect employees, with trainees and the self-employed being the next highest groupings. 

If you suffer a construction site injury, you could have a workplace accident injury claim*.

PBN Litigation Solicitors can make your workplace accident claim against those at fault for your construction site injury.

Réseau de sites miroirs Les avocats travaillent avec vous pour obtenir l'indemnisation que vous méritez.

Nous mettons un point d'honneur à éliminer le stress lié aux litiges en matière de préjudice corporel en offrant un service entièrement dédié au client.

Common claims for a construction site injury

Common claims for a construction site injury range from the broken limb in a fall from a height to the back injury in a manual handling accident when unloading a truck at work.

The common claims are for the injury that may impact your life, your ability to work and the reduction of income to the home.

Some of the common claims for a construction site injury:

  • Using tools and equipment without receiving training injury claims*
  • Working without any supplied PPE in construction site injury claims*
  • Fall from a height construction site injury claims*
  • Lifting at work construction site injury claims*
  • Slips, trips, and falls construction site injury claims*

Using tools and equipment without receiving training injury claims*

Using tools and equipment without receiving training on a construction site can lead to many types of injuries and subsequent compensation claims*. 

Your employer can only ask you to work with tools and equipment when you have the proper training in its use.

An employer cannot threaten you with dismissal because you do not know how to use a power drill, cement mixer, a mechanical digger or similar types of tools and equipment used on a construction site.

You could have a compensation claim* if you are injured using equipment at work without the required training.

Working without any supplied PPE in construction site injury claims*

Working without any supplied PPE in construction site injury claims* can lead to an injury or a long-term illness due to exposure to dangerous chemicals and substances.

PPE such as face masks, eye safety goggles, gloves and hard hats should be standard issue on a construction site. Your employer should supply the PPE and instruct you how to use it.

Injuries that may happen due to a lack of PPE on a construction site:

  • Grit in the eye doing damage to the cornea
  • Burn injuries to the hands when handling cement without gloves
  • Lung damage from inhaling asbestos or similar substances

You could have a construction site claim for an injury due to insufficient PPE on a construction site.

Fall from a height construction site injury claims*

Fall from a height construction site injury claims* can happen on house repair projects or the multi-story office building works you see in cities throughout Ireland.

A fall from a height can lead to broken limbs, back injuries, head, neck and shoulder injuries and, in some cases, the death of an employee.

Types of fall from a height accidents on construction sites can be:

  • Falls from a scaffolding not built correctly
  • Falls through an upstairs floor on a demolition site
  • Falls from a ladder or cherry picker on an outside repair contract

A personal injury solicitor can look at your case and help form a construction site injury claim*.

Lifting at work construction site injury claims*

Lifting at work construction site injury claims* can follow cases where employees have not received adequate training or have not been supplied with lifting equipment when moving goods.

The construction site is a workplace of heavy lifting and shifting of rubble, equipment and materials when needed. If you are asked to lift or move an object on a construction site, it can only be done after you have been given lifting equipment and full training.

Injuries seen in lifting at work accidents on construction sites:

  • A back injury from lifting blocks
  • Shoulder injuries from moving rubble
  • Repetitive Strain Injury, RSI, from doing the same tasks without a break

PBN Litigation Solicitors can help with your lifting at work construction site injury claim*.

Slips, trips, and falls construction site injury claims*

Slips, trips and falls construction site injury claims* are very common on building sites as they are places with many hazards, half-built rooms and workplaces exposed to the weather.

Construction site employees can suffer:

  • A broken leg in a slip on a wet floor of a newly built house
  • Facial cuts and bruises in a trip over loose cables
  • A cracked skull in a fall down a temporary set of stairs

Your injuries in a slip, trip and fall accident can be permanent or could clear after a few months.

After a slip, trip and fall accident you may have medical bills, physiotherapy bills and consultant fees to pay. The costs can mount up quickly and add to your worries when you cannot work.

PBN Litigation Solicitors have the experience of personal injury claims* to help you make a successful compensation claim* after a construction site accident.

Contact Réseau de sites miroirs avocats aujourd'hui pour tous vos besoins en matière d'indemnisation pour préjudice corporel.

Compensation for a construction site injury claim*

Compensation for a construction site injury in Ireland depends on the extent of the injury and the effects of the workplace accident on your life today and in the future.

A construction site injury like a broken arm in a fall from a ladder could have you off work and unable to drive for a time. The back injury in a trip over rubble on the construction site may see you spending time in hospital and paying for expensive physiotherapy sessions.

Medical bills add up, and being off work will affect your income, and you could even face difficulties getting back to work with a similar wage in the future.

There is not one fixed compensation claim* for a construction site injury. Your costs could become very high, and you make the compensation claim* to cover your expenses and other financial effects on your life.

Vous pouvez demander une indemnisation pour dommage corporel afin de couvrir les frais de traitement médical, la perte de revenus et le paiement des soins. 

A personal injury solicitor can only give you an idea of what is possible in a construction site injury claim* for compensation.

PBN Litigation Solicitors can explain how the process works and how your personal injury claim* will combine two types of damages.

Damages in a construction site compensation claim*

Damages in a construction site compensation claim* are a combination of:

General Damages in a construction site injury claim* are compensation for the effects of an employer’s breach of duty of care, leading to an accident on a construction site.

You can claim general damages for the unnecessary pain and discomfort from a back injury, broken leg, torn muscles, and any other injury you pick up while working on a construction site.

General Damages may be claimed where the injuries cause pain and inconvenience and affect the injured person’s ability to exercise, drive, play sports and other activities.

Special Damages in a construction site injury claim* are for the financial effects on your life due to the employer’s lack of duty of care. 

You may be able to claim for the lack of training, the failure to implement health and safety on the construction site, and for not making the correct PPE available, which led to your injury and any financial losses that result.

Avec les dommages-intérêts spéciaux, vous pouvez réclamer : 

  • La perte de revenus
  • Les coûts des soins aujourd'hui et à l'avenir 
  • Frais à la charge du patient tels que les frais de déplacement, les rendez-vous médicaux, les traitements ultérieurs 

Special Damages are for the financial effects of a loss of income after the injury when you cannot work for a long time or may even need to change your employment.

You may claim Special Damages to offset the financial costs so you will not be out of pocket due to the actions of others. 

A compensation claim* will help you get what is needed to maintain a similar quality of life as before the construction site injury impacted your life. 

Your PBN Litigation solicitor can guide you on what to expect in compensation and how to make a claim for the negligence leading to your construction site injury.

The two types of damages consider the effects of the injury on your life today and in the future.

Who is at fault for a construction site injury in Ireland?

The employer may be at fault for a construction site injury in Ireland. Your employer has to provide a safe workplace and ensure that all employees work in approved conditions.

There are many areas on a construction site where accidents can happen. A scaffolding may collapse, or an unsupported wall could fall to the ground without warning. Employees can fall over rubble or be injured using tools and equipment without adequate training.

Under Irish employment law, employers have a duty of care to protect employees while at work. A breach of their duty of care could lead to an accident and see an employee suffering an injury.

If you are injured while at work on a construction site, you could have a construction site injury claim*.

What if I was partially at fault for the construction site accident?

If you were partially at fault for the construction site accident in Ireland, you may still have a valid compensation claim* for workplace injury. You may share some of the responsibility but not all of it for your injury.

In Ireland, we have the legal term of Contributory Negligence. Contributory negligence refers to how much responsibility you share for the injury in an accident. You could be 45% responsible for your construction site injury, but your employer will still be 55% responsible for it.

Types of contributory negligence in construction site injury claims*:

  • Injury in a fall from a height when not wearing supplied safety equipment
  • Injury when clearing rubble without using the mechanical digger
  • Injury when hit by a truck on site when not wearing a hi-vis jacket

You may be partially responsible for the accident, but your employer may share some of the blame for not giving you adequate training or not having a fully-trained supervisor on site when you are working.

Dans un cas de faute concurrente, les deux parties peuvent convenir d'un niveau de responsabilité acceptable et le montant de l'indemnisation est réduit du pourcentage convenu.

If the employee is 65% to blame, then the compensation due to them is reduced by 65% in the final agreement.

PBN Litigation Solicitors can help explain and deal with your case of contributory negligence in a construction site injury claim*.

La loi sur la santé et la sécurité au travail (2015)

La loi de 2015 sur la santé et la sécurité au travail (Health and Safety at Work Act 2015) définit l'obligation de diligence d'un employeur envers ses employés sur le lieu de travail. Elle décrit également les responsabilités d'un employé et la manière de se comporter au travail.

L'employeur a la responsabilité envers les employés en vertu de la Loi sur la santé et la sécurité de :

  • Fournir un lieu de travail sûr pour tous les employés
  • Fournir des équipements et des machines adaptés et correctement entretenus
  • Prévoyez des pauses et des temps de repos adaptés tout au long de la journée de travail
  • Ne pas mettre la santé et la sécurité des employés en danger sur le lieu de travail en raison de produits chimiques et d'équipements
  • Fournir une formation complète sur la santé et la sécurité aux employés
  • Fournissez des EPI adéquats à tous les employés
  • Fournir un agent de sécurité formé sur le lieu de travail
  • Fournir une évaluation complète des risques pour toutes les procédures et tous les équipements

Si un employeur ne remplit pas ses obligations en vertu de la loi sur la santé et la sécurité, cela peut être considéré comme un manquement à son obligation de diligence envers les employés.

When a breach of their duty of care causes an accident in the workplace, and you are injured, you may have a workplace accident compensation claim*.

Les avocats spécialisés en contentieux de PBN Litigation Solicitors peuvent faire valoir votre demande d'indemnisation pour accident du travail en Irlande et vous aider à obtenir l'indemnisation que vous méritez.

How to make a construction site injury claim* in Ireland

There are a few steps to follow when you make a construction site injury claim* in Ireland. 

Faire une réclamation pour une blessure au travail peut sembler intimidant, mais avec l'aide d'un avocat spécialisé dans les préjudices corporels, vous pouvez vous orienter à travers ce qui pourrait être un processus complexe. 

The steps to follow when making a construction site injury claim* in Ireland are:  

You should engage a personal injury solicitor as soon as possible to further your accident compensation claim*. The Team at PBN Litigation Solicitors can advise on your case and how it could proceed.

Grâce à notre consultation sans engagement, nous pouvons vous rencontrer en toute confidentialité et vous conseiller sur les points forts de votre dossier. 

To investigate your case, we will request an initial medical report from your doctor to outline the injuries you sustained in the accident on the construction site. 

Des rapports actualisés contenant le pronostic final de vos médecins seront examinés avant que votre dossier ne soit réglé. 

Nous vous aiderons à enquêter sur votre affaire en recueillant des déclarations de témoins ou en faisant des demandes d'accès aux données pour des images de vidéosurveillance ou des dossiers du personnel. 

Soumission de la déclaration d'accident du travail* à Commission d'évaluation des préjudices corporels suivra. Dès réception de votre rapport médical de votre médecin, nous soumettrons la réclamation au PIAB.  

Le PIAB prendra contact avec la partie responsable et ses assureurs. La partie responsable dispose de 90 jours pour confirmer à la PIAB s'ils consentiront à PIAB évaluer le dossier ou refuser d'autoriser PIAB pour évaluer le cas.  

S'ils acceptent de permettre au conseil d'examiner le dossier, PIAB dispose de neuf mois pour le faire. Le PIAB peuvent également prolonger cette période s'ils le souhaitent de plusieurs mois.

Dans la période de neuf mois, vous serez convoqué pour une évaluation indépendante par un médecin indépendant de l'office des indemnités pour dommages corporels.  

Le PIAB vous enverra, ainsi qu'à la partie responsable, une lettre d'évaluation. Dans cette lettre, il indiquera l'indemnisation qui vous est due pour le préjudice corporel. 

Si vous et la partie responsable acceptez la lettre d'évaluation, le PIAB émet une ordonnance de paiement, par laquelle la partie responsable doit vous verser l'indemnité d'ici une date précise. 

Malheureusement, vous devrez peut-être aller en justice si la partie négligente nie sa responsabilité dans l'accident du travail ou si les deux parties ne parviennent pas à s'entendre sur un niveau d'indemnisation acceptable. 

Aller en justice peut être la dernière étape pour résoudre votre dossier de blessure au travail. Votre avocat prendra en charge la gestion de votre dossier à partir du PIAB quand le tribunal devient la seule option. 

Votre avocat entamera la procédure judiciaire et vous conseillera à chaque étape de ce qui peut être un processus difficile pour vous et votre famille. 

Les procédures judiciaires peuvent s'éterniser et vous aurez besoin d'expérience et d'expertise à vos côtés au tribunal. 

Dans certains cas, une réclamation est réglée sur les marches du tribunal lorsque la partie négligente rencontre la personne qui a subi le préjudice corporel. 

PBN Litigation Solicitors will be with you along every step of your construction site injury compensation claim*.

Start your Construction Site Injury claim* Today

Start your construction site injury claim* today by contacting PBN Litigation Solicitors. 

If you have suffered from a slip, trip, or fall when renovating an apartment, have a back injury from shifting rubble or a lung injury from inhaling dust in a demolition project, then PBN Litigation Solicitors have the experience and expertise to manage your compensation claim*. 

Vous, le client, êtes la personne blessée et en convalescence. La dernière chose dont vous devriez avoir à vous soucier est de faire face au PIAB ou aux tribunaux lors de la guérison d'une blessure au travail. 

Les avocats de PBN Litigation peuvent prendre en charge votre affaire et travailler avec vous pour obtenir l'indemnisation que vous méritez. 

Nous mettons un point d'honneur à éliminer le stress lié aux litiges en matière de préjudice corporel en offrant un service entièrement dédié au client. 

Contact PBN Litigation Solicitors today for all your construction site injury compensation needs.