Slip, Trip or Fall - No Warning Sign

A slip trip or fall accident can happen almost anywhere and for a multitude of reasons such as uneven paving, defects in the road surface, icy pavements, broken steps and accidents at work. You could also become the victim of a slip, trip or fall at your local supermarket or a retail outlet in your town centre.

Wet floors or obstructions left on the floor are two of the most common causes of slip, trip or fall accidents concerning retail outlets and high street stores as well as supermarkets.

If you become the victim of a slip, trip or fall accident your natural instinct is to move away from the scene as fast as possible. However there are a number of things that should be done at the scene if you are going to consider claiming for compensation. You should always try and photograph the scene to show how the slip, trip or fall accident happened; this is one way of proving that your injuries are as a result of someone else's negligence. It is also important to take down the names and contact details of anyone who witnessed the accident as they will be valuable to you if you do wish to claim for compensation. If your slip, trip or fall accident happened whilst in a high street store, retail outlet or supermarket you should report it to the manager and write it in the accident book.

A slip, trip or fall accident can leave you with serious personal injury. You could end up with broken or fractured bones, damage to your back, neck or head as well as sprains and muscle damage. All of these injuries could alter the way in which you live your life and leave you out of work for numerous weeks or even months.

If something is spilled onto a stores sales floor it is the duty of the staff to make sure it is cleared up straight away and if necessary put appropriate signage out to warn people to take extra care. Warning signs such as caution wet floor should also clearly be displayed in bad weather conditions when the possibility of the sales floor being wet is likely. Without signs such as these the possibility of having a slip, trip or fall accident is heightened.

It is the duty of a store owner to ensure that the sales floor is free of obstructions and that any spillages are cleared up immediately, with the right warning signs being put in place.

If you have become the victim of a personal injury accident then you could be entitled to compensation. If you have had a personal injury as the result of a slip, trip or fall in the last three years then get in touch with Accident Consultant today. Accident Consultant are experts in no win no fee claims, which means that you keep 100% of the compensation that you are awarded in a successful claim.

Accident Consult have many years of experience in dealing with successful slip, trip or fall accident claims and have helped many people just like you gain the compensation that they deserve.

For more information about slip, trip or fall accident claims then visit our main site at Accident Consult. Alternatively if you want to make a claim after a slip, trip or fall then either call us on 08081 68 69 70 or fill in our online claim form to the right of this page.