Slip, Trip or Falls down Stairs in Poor Conditions

Accidents can occur on a variety of different stairs and due to a variety of different reasons. Whether you fall down stairs in a car park, shopping centre, public building or apartment block you could suffer serious personal injury as a result of it.

It is estimated that 1,000 people in the UK die every year as a result of falling down stairs and over 8 million people in the US were treated for fall-related injuries in 2004. It is said that most of these injuries happen whilst walking down stairs.

Research has been carried out that came back with results showing that when people are walking down stairs they only view the first and last three steps of a staircase with the rest of it being negotiated without looking. It is because of this fact that stairs have to be designed and built so that the tread depth, the horizontal surface, must be adequate for the ball of your foot to land without extending over the step below. If stairs aren’t designed in this way you have the chance of over stepping or miss-stepping, which will cause you to fall forwards.

Designers, builders, owners and employers should all take the necessary steps needed to reduce the risk of falling on a staircase as much as possible. This can be done in numerous ways such as making sure the stairs are free of any obstructions, making sure there is no excess water or spillages on the staircase and making sure that in dark conditions the stairs are well lit, ensuring that you can see all the way down and up them. You should also make sure that any repairs that need to be carried out on the stairway are completed straight away as one of the main reasons behind stairway accidents is because of poor maintenance and inattention. Staircases should be kept clean and in good condition meaning there should be no excessive wear. If the stairs are carpeted the carpet should be in good condition and with no noticeable deterioration. Stairs should also never be used for storing objects and as a general rule you should never rush up or down the stairs with objects in your hands.

Having a fall down stairs has the potential to cause serious personal injury such as broken bones, head injury, brain trauma and spinal cord injury as well as neck injury. A fall down stairs can seriously interrupt the way in which you live your life and leave you out of work for numerous weeks or even months.

Being left with a personal injury from a fall down stairs means that you could be entitled to compensation. Personal injury compensation after a fall down stairs would cover the injuries that you sustain from the accident, any medical expenses that you encounter from your injuries and any loss of earnings that you have suffered since the injury occurred.

Accident Consultant are experts in personal injury compensation and have many years of experience in dealing with personal injury surrounding all types of slip, trip and fall accident claims, including falls down stairs. We have helped many people just like you gain the compensation that you deserve after a fall down stairs that wasn’t your fault.

Here at Accident Consultant we work on a no win no fee basis meaning that in a successful compensation claim you keep 100% of the compensation that you are awarded with your solicitor fees being paid by the losing parties insurance.

If you would like to get a compensation claim under way after a fall down stairs then call us today on 08081 68 69 70 and speak to one of our friendly advisors or fill in our online claim form to the right of this page and one of our expert lawyers or advisors will get back to you.