{"id":471,"date":"2013-05-13T19:13:28","date_gmt":"2013-05-13T19:13:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/contelawyers.ca\/blog\/?p=61"},"modified":"2013-05-13T19:13:28","modified_gmt":"2013-05-13T19:13:28","slug":"slip-fall-work-personal-injury-lawyer-can-assess-responsible","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/contelawyers.ca\/slip-fall-work-personal-injury-lawyer-can-assess-responsible\/","title":{"rendered":"Slip and fall at work? A Personal Injury Lawyer Can Assess Who Is Responsible"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Slip, trips and falls are some of the leading causes of injuries in the workplace. Employers in Ontario are responsible for providing a safe and healthy work environment, including identifying and assessing job-related hazards and establishing ways to reduce workers&#8217; exposure to these dangers.<\/p>\n<p>There are instances where you may be able to make a personal injury law claim seeking compensation for such things as pain and suffering, current and future medical bills, wages for lost-time and diminished earning capacity.<\/p>\n<p>An experienced legal professional who can advise you on what steps to take if you are involved in this type of work-related accident, such as:<\/p>\n<p>\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Seek immediate medical attention, if necessary, and obtain documentation from your doctor.<\/p>\n<p>\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Take photographic evidence where the slip and fall occurred.<\/p>\n<p>\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Inform your employer or immediate supervisor that a slip and fall accident has occurred on the premises.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s important to talk to a Whitby personal injury lawyer<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>who can<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>assess your situation and determine whether you have a valid claim for a case outside the workers&#8217; compensation system, while keeping aware of the time limitations which allow you to commence a lawsuit.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Slip, trips and falls are some of the leading causes of injuries in the workplace. Employers in Ontario are responsible for providing a safe and healthy work environment, including identifying and assessing job-related hazards and establishing ways to reduce workers&#8217; exposure to these dangers. There are instances where you may be able to make a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":5070,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[51],"tags":[10,11,12,13,28,52,53,54],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/contelawyers.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/471"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/contelawyers.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/contelawyers.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/contelawyers.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/contelawyers.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=471"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/contelawyers.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/471\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/contelawyers.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5070"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/contelawyers.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=471"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/contelawyers.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=471"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/contelawyers.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=471"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}