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Made a workers compensation construction site injury claim? Construction injury lawyers at Foyle Legal can help with your construction accident compensation in WA on a No Win No Fee basis. Common aspects of compensation for construction workers may include:
Foyle Legal construction accident lawyers will ensure that you receive the construction accident compensation you are entitled to.
As one of the leading compensation lawyers in Western Australia, we successfully acted for construction workers, construction service workers, construction contractors, and contraction sub-contractors to claim compensation for construction accidents in WA.
We will help you to act with confidence at every step of the process:
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The main causes of most injuries in the construction industry in Australia are:
Foyle Legal construction injury lawyers have helped injured worker to claim compensation for all the above construction site accident claims in Western Australia.
If you are a construction worker, a construction service worker, a labourer, a contractor, or a sub-contractor and have made a construction injury claim, call Foyle Legal for your obligation free consultation. In most cases, experienced construction injury lawyers at Foyle Legal will be able to set you on the right path very quickly in our initial consultation.
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Foyle Legal construction injury lawyers can help injured workers at all stages of your construction injury compensation claim. The goal is to get you the fair compensation for construction workers who suffered injuries on site.
If you have an accepted workers compensation claim, your benefits for workers compensation in WA are meant to help the injured worker with weekly salary and medical expenses, while you are unable to work. Foyle Legal will help to ensure that you are receiving the correct workers compensation salary, and not been pushed back to work before you are ready.
If your workers compensation claim is pended or disputed, Foyle Legal will help to get your claim accepted via WorkCover, the District Court, or other channels.
Common law claims are only available against your employer in limited circumstances. Foyle Legal will help to commence legal proceeding against your employer or third party that caused your construction site injuries.
Foyle Legal will build your claim with supportive evidence and advise the best time to settle your compensation claim so that you get fair compensation settlement for your claim.
Many construction workers are working as contractors, and sub-contractors. The law about workers compensation for general contractors and sub-contractors is complex. Generally, contractors and sub-contractors can be considered as workers if they are engaged to do the work and are paid in substance for their manual labour or services. However, workers compensation insurers often reject contractor or sub-contractor workers compensation claims stating that they do not meet this expended definition of the term ‘worker’.
If you are a construction contractor or a construction subcontractor, call Foyle Legal workplace injury lawyers for your obligation free consultation. We can help you to determine your Construction Site Workers’ Compensation Entitlements.
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Do I have a construction site injury claim?
If you are injured on a construction accident in Western Australia and meet the definition of “worker”, you maybe entitled to construction site injury claim, or commonly referred to construction workers comp claim. You can also claim construction site compensation claim if you contacted an illness or disease during the course of your employment.
If you are unsure if you meet the definition of “worker”, or if you are eligible for construction site injury claim. Contact Foyle Legal for your obligation claim review.
If you are totally and permanently injured, and don’t meet the definition of “worker” for the purpose of workers compensation claim in Western Australia, there other options to seek compensation for construction workers. For example, TPD claim. TPD insurance stands for Permanent and Total Disability insurance. It is often part of the coverage of your superannuation. If you are unclear if you are eligible for TPD claim, Foyle Legal can help to find out where you stand.
What is the time limit to make a construction site injury claim?
Limitation date refers the date from which you must lodge a claim or bring an action. The Time limit to bring a construction site injury claim varies depending on the type of injury compensation claims.
There is no time limit to bring a construction workers compensation claim. If you have decided to make a workers compensation claim, it is advisable to complete your Workcover workers’ compensation claim form 2B as early as possible to avoid your workers compensation claim to be prejudiced.
If you are eligible to make a common law claim, you must lodge your common law claim within 3 years of the date of your construction accident which caused your injury.
The time limit to make a TPD claim is complex and may vary depending on your TPD cover. Generally, you have 6 years from the date you become totally and permanently disabled to lodge the TPD claim.
Falls, motor vehicle accidents, electrocution, hit by a moving for falling objects are the major causes of death in a construction site. In Western Australia, if you are entitled to dependency claim, you have 3 years to make a dependency claim from the date your family member is dead due to an accident or a disease
What types of workers can claim construction site workers’ compensation?
All construction workers, construction contractors and sub-contractors who meet the definition of a “worker” are entitled to construction injury claims, regardless your status of employment. Eligible workers may include but no limited to:
If you are unsure if you are eligible for construction site workers’ compensation claim, or other options of compensation for construction workers in Western Australia, contact construction lawyers at Foyle Legal for your obligation free consultation.
What is the most common injury on construction sites?
According to WorkSafe, the most common injury on construction sites are:
Construction injury lawyers at Foyle Legal has over 50 years of combined experience in personal injury claims. If your injury is not one of the common injuries on construction sites listed above. Do worry. The chances are we have worked helped similar Construction Accident Compensation Claims like yours.
How much money can you get from a workers comp settlement?
In the workers compensation system, the lump sum payout is also referred to as a workers comp settlement.
In the Workers’ Compensation and Injury Management Act 2023, the term Prescribed Amount specifies the maximum payments for different injuries. Your WPI, Whole Person Impairment Rating determines the maximum payout amount for your workers compensation claim.
In Western Australia, WPI is assessed by Approved Permanent Impairment Assessor, APIA doctors. And you have an obligation to attend medical legal assessment with your AMS doctor.
Please note that the Prescribed Amount limited above is for financial year 2020 – 2021. The Prescribed Amount is indexed to wage price index in the subsequent years.
What kind of Construction Site Workers’ Compensation Entitlements can I expect to receive?
If you are injured on a building or construction site and your construction workers comp claim is accepted. Your construction accident compensation entitlement should generally cover your loss of wages and reasonable treatment expenses, rehab expenses, and personal expenses. Some of the typical construction site worker’s’ compensation entitlements may include but not limited to:
Do you need a construction accident lawyer to get a construction workers comp settlement?
You do not need a construction accident lawyer to get a construction workers comp settlement. But it will benefit your claim if you engage a good construction injury lawyer to assist your workplace injury claim. A good construction injury lawyer will help you to:
Foyle Legal compensation lawyers have helped hundreds of Western Australians to claim compensation for construction workers. If you have made an injury compensation claim in Western Australia, contact one of the best workers compensation lawyers in Perth for your obligation free consultation.
What do construction injury lawyers charge?
When engaging personal injury lawyers to help you to claim injury compensation for construction workers, it is important to realised that you do not have to incur large out-of-pocket legal fees upfront.
In Western Australia, some personal injury lawyers charge legal fees upfront, and others do not charge you legal fee upfront. Personal injury lawyers who do not charge legal fees upfront can be a good option to help to alleviate your financial burden when you are injured an unable to generate income.
Unlike some countries, that lawyers take a percentage of your overall settlement. How much a lawyer can charge is heavily regulated in Australia. Regardless when your legal fee is charged, most of the personal injury lawyers charge rate set down by the government.
How much do No Win No Fee lawyers take?
No Win No Fee Lawyers do not charge an upfront legal fee. They are also referred to as No Win No Pay lawyers. This is because no win no fee lawyers only charge legal fee if they can help you to successfully reach a compensation for your construction accident. Similar to the TPD insurance cover, different No Win No Fee Lawyers have different terms and definitions in their No Win No Fee agreement. It is important that you understand the no win no fee agreement before engaging a no win no fee solicitor.
Foyle Legal is recommended as one of the best no win no fee lawyers in Perth servicing all clients of Western Australia. We offer easy to understand and fully transparent no win on fee policy designed to alleviate your financial burden when your income is limited by your injury. When Foyle Legal wins the construction accident compensation claim, most of our legal fees is covered by the insurer so that your out of pocket legal fee is manageable.
The benefits under the law of workers compensation are limited and often not enough for a person who is totally and permanently disabled (TPD) to live in the longer term. Foyle Legal also specialises in Total and Permanent Disability claims and can provide expert advice as to whether this is a possibility.
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