Cambria provides useful guidance and tips about health and safety in archaeology. Our guidance can help ensure that your workplace is safe and secure. Aspects such as excavation safety are important to make sure dig sites are running smoothly.
Furthermore, this guide will also highlight features of unsafe work conditions in the UK and answer questions such as, “can I claim compensation for a slip, trip and fall?” For more advice about whether you can claim for an archaeological accident, please contact us for free at a time that works for you using the details above.
If you prefer, you can read on to learn more about how our advisors can help you and why, in some instances, you may be entitled to compensation for employer negligence.
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- How Can We Help Archaeologists In The UK?
- Archaeology Health and Safety – What Is Employer Negligence?
- How Much Could I Claim For A Breach Of Excavations Safety?
- What Are The Benefits Of Using No Win No Fee Solicitors?
- Learn More About Archaeology Health and Safety
How Can We Help Archaeologists In The UK?
Our services not only clarify important aspects of working in archaeology in the UK but also illustrate how we could potentially help you receive compensation. As established in archaeologist training programmes, it’s important to ensure that the archaeology health and safety rules are followed so that workers aren’t at unnecessary risk. Articles from our website below provide you with more information about this.
An Overview of Archaeological Law
This article provides greater context as to archaeological laws in the UK. It shows why they are important when identifying potential dig sites, explains how they should be treated and clarifies how particular finds from these digs (such as treasure) need to be kept. This overview helps clarify some of the legal precedents that reside within the industry.
Common Archaeological Dig Risks
This guidance will establish important archaeology health and safety risks that you must be aware of when performing in the field. The risks can not only give you a greater awareness of your surroundings but can clarify in more detail what is meant by employer negligence. Every employer has a duty of care. Employer negligence results from an employer not following their legally binding health and safety requirements.
Archaeological Accident At Work – What Should I Do?
This article will outline how you could potentially apply for compensation after an accident at work. It explains the importance of evidence, how your injuries will be assessed and will provide examples of when you might be able to claim.
Archaeology Health and Safety – What Is Employer Negligence?
As previously mentioned, every employer in the UK has a duty of care to their employees to ensure that the work environment, facilities and equipment are safe and secure enough to be used without risk of injury. In archaeology, a watching brief can be important to ensure this duty of care is adhered to. Examining the land and understanding how the excavation needs to be worked on a practical basis can help ensure that injuries are not caused.
The Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 illustrates an employer’s duty of care. Employer negligence will occur if this legislation is not followed, leading to an injury. For example, unsafe manual handling techniques could cause an unnecessary back injury. If you’re able to prove that the insufficient training led to the injury, you may be able to receive compensation.
It’s important to note that you would only be able to claim if you can prove that your injury was directly caused by employer negligence. Our panel of solicitors can help you determine if you have sufficient evidence to prove this. You can contact us at a time that works for you using the above details.
How Much Could I Claim For A Breach Of Excavations Safety?
Health and safety in excavations work is vital, as failure to adhere to particular rules and regulations could cause severe, life-changing injuries. The amount you receive from a successful claim due to an archaeology health and safety breach depends on factors such as the degree of your injury and whether any permanent symptoms were caused.
Solicitors and lawyers use the Judicial College Guidelines to give clients a better idea of what they could receive for certain injuries. If you’ve suffered multiple injuries from the same act of third-party negligence, you could potentially receive compensation for all of them as part of the same claim.
Below is a compensation table listing some injuries and their respective compensation brackets.
| Site of Injury | Severity | Description | Compensation Bracket |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brain | Moderately Severe | Serious disablement will be caused. As such, substantial dependence from others will be required with constant professional and other care also needed. | £219,070 to £282,010 |
| Arm | Severe | Injuries that do not result in amputation but are extremely serious, leaving the injured person only marginally better off than if the limb had been removed. | £96,160 to £130,930 |
| Kidney | (b) | The injury leads to a risk of future urinary tract infection that is significant in nature. | Up to £63,980 |
| Neck | Severe (iii) | Severe soft tissue damage, fractures or dislocations that cause chronic conditions that lead to a significant, permanent disability. | £45,470 to £55,990 |
| Chest | (c) | Lung and chest damage that causes continuous disability. | £31,310 to £54,830 |
You could also claim for special damages related to financial losses you’ve suffered due to the injury. To learn more about these, please contact us for free legal advice or read the article on our website that specifically relates to claiming for an accident at work.
What Are The Benefits Of Using No Win No Fee Solicitors?
Our panel of solicitors work on a No Win No Fee basis. The benefits of using solicitors such as this mean that:
- You wouldn’t have to pay any upfront legal costs. Instead, the solicitor will take a small, legally capped compensation amount from you at the end of your claim.
- There are no hidden fees. The legal fees you will pay will be agreed upon before you agree to use their services.
- You can rest assured knowing that they will only take your case if they feel you have a reasonably good chance of success.
Contact Us For Free To See If You Can Claim
Want to know if you’re entitled to compensation? If so, contact us for free today using the above details. Our friendly, experienced staff will listen to your query and determine the validity of your potential claim. Once assessed, they can put you through to a solicitor from our panel who can work your case on a No Win No Fee basis.
Contact us for free legal advice today to learn more about how we can help you.
Learn More About Archaeology Health and Safety
For a guide on Basic Health and Safety in Archaeology, please refer to this website.
To learn more about the procedure surrounding scientific and archaeological diving projects, please read this guide on the HSE website.
Want to know more about archaeological law? If so, refer to this website.
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