By Olivia Arnold. Last updated 24th June 2024. Welcome to our trampoline accident claims guide.
At Legal Expert, our panel of specialist personal injury solicitors can help people across the UK who have had a trampoline accident to make a trampoline accident claim. In recent years, trampolining has boomed as an activity for both children and adults in the UK. People are turning to trampolining as a convenient and fun health and fitness activity for themselves and their families, whether having a trampoline in the home, by visiting a trampoline park, or participating in organised exercises classes.
According to the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents, (RoSPA), in 2014 more than 200,000 trampolines were sold across the country. Statistics also show that in the last three years more than 140 dedicated trampoline parks have opened across the country.
If you or your child have been injured when trampolining, you may be able to make a personal injury claim. Talk to the dedicated injury claims team at Legal Expert today by calling 0800 073 8804 to see if you have a claim. Our guide below contains further information on trampoline accidents and how to make trampoline accident claims.
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- Who Is Responsible For Trampoline Park Safety In The UK?
- Can I Claim For A Trampoline Accident At Home?
- Can I Claim For An Accident At A Trampoline Park Or Gym?
- What Types Of Injuries Do People Suffer When Trampolining?
- What Should I Do After A Trampolining Accident?
- Trampoline Accident At Work Claims
- Can I Make A Personal Injury Claim If I Have Signed A Waiver?
- No Win No Fee Trampoline Accident Claims
- Why Choose Legal Expert For Your Trampoline Park Injuries Claim?
- Contact Us Today
- Useful Links
Who Is Responsible For Trampoline Park Safety In The UK?
Responsibility for trampoline safety in the UK lies with whoever is the owner of the trampoline or operator of the trampoline park, or exercise class.
Anyone who has purchased, hired or rented a trampoline for either personal usage, an event, an occasion or a public place have a duty of care to anyone using the trampoline. Their duty of care requires them to carry out the following;
- Ensure that users are prepared for using the trampoline and are in an adequate mental and physical condition to use the trampoline.
- Have provided correct training in using the trampoline.
- Are adequately supervising anyone using the trampoline, especially children
- Have correctly set-up the trampoline
- Trampoline parks should have adequate first-aid in place
- Safety netting should be used where appropriate
Customers at trampoline parks and in classes also have a duty of care to themselves and to others using the facilities. Customers should ensure they use equipment in the directed ways and avoid any unnecessary risks.
Park owners duty of care stipulates that they must show customers how to correctly use equipment, along with the health and safety risks of not doing so. They also have a duty of care to regularly check equipment and maintain it in the correct way.
Anyone with a home trampoline also has a duty of care to ensure it is safe to use. When this duty of care is breached in some way, the injured party could be able to a personal injury claim.
Please read on for more information regarding trampoline accident claims.
Can I Claim For A Trampoline Accident At Home?
In the home, trampoline injury claims can be caused in a variety of ways. Despite guidelines issued by manufacturers and advice from the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents, 60% of trampoline injuries suffered at home are caused by more than one person bouncing at the same time.
Lots of people bouncing around at the same time can cause people to bounce into each other, suffering collision injuries. When a larger person, such as an adult is also bouncing they may even bounce the child off the trampoline. Trampoline accidents with a net do still occur. Whilst safety netting may be in place it might not stop the child from bouncing off.
Can I Claim For An Accident At A Trampoline Park Or Gym?
Whilst fun, trampolining is a potentially dangerous exercise and activity trampoline park injuries do happen, with many victims being eligibile to make trampoline accident claims for compensation.
Over time, trampoline park safety in the UK has improved with increases in health and safety protocols and the introduction of new health and safety processes. The Association of Trampoline Parks has produced a set of guidelines which are designed to help trampoline parks to make their spaces safer to use. Until recently there were fewer minimum specifications on things such as the number of stewards who should be on duty as well as regulations on specific safety features and procedures. Accidents are generally caused by the same things as home trampoline accidents. These can be collisions, multiple people bouncing in the same area and people jumping off the trampoline.
What Types Of Injuries Do People Suffer When Trampolining?
So, what kind of injuries can be caused by a trampolining accident? While trampolining is a fun and common past-time, it can result in a range of injuries. Trampolining in the home, at an activity center, or even professionally can result in injuries such as:
- Head trauma.
- Back and spinal injuries.
- Breaks and fractures.
- Strains and sprains.
- Cuts and lacerations.
- Soft tissue injuries.
No matter how minor or major your injuries are, if you were injured in a trampoline accident that wasn’t your fault, you could be owed compensation. Contact our helpful team of advisors today to find out if you can claim, or keep reading for more information.
What Should I Do After A Trampolining Accident?
If you or someone you are with is injured when trampolining at home, at a friends home, in an exercise class or in a trampoline park there are steps you should take. Initially, don’t move the injured person. If they have landed on their back or neck in an awkward way they may have a back or neck injury. The St John Ambulance has a guide for what to do if you think a person has a spinal injury. No matter the injury type, seek medical attention straight away. When you seek medical attention make sure to get a copy of the medical report. This might be useful when making trampoline accident claims.
Next, notify the provider or owner of the trampoline. If it is a class or a park ensure the accident and injuries are recorded in their accident report book. Gather as much evidence of the accident as you can. This means getting details of witnesses, taking photos of the injury and the condition of the trampoline as well as any safety notifications you have had prior to using the trampoline.
Finally, once you have sought medical attention, talk to a solicitor. To make a successful personal injury claim, you will need an experienced solicitor.
Trampoline Accident At Work Claims
According to statistics produced by the UK’s Health and Safety Executive, the most common type of workplace accident is a slip, trip or fall. When looking at the day-to-day activities of trampoline park employees or those running trampoline exercise classes, we can see that there is a high degree of having a slip, trip or fall on a trampoline.
Due to their nature, trampolines can result in much more serious injuries than other types of slips and trips in the workplace. As discussed above, workplaces have a duty of care to their employees to ensure that workplaces and equipment are in a good state of repair and that they have provided employees with appropriate safety training and equipment. If you have had a trampoline accident at work, talk to Legal Expert today to start making your claim.
Can I Make A Personal Injury Claim If I Have Signed A Waiver?
Many gyms, exercise classes and businesses such as trampoline parks require participants or members to sign a waiver before being able to join the class or use the trampoline park. However, signing a waiver does not necessarily mean that you have actually waived away your rights. Owners use waivers in an effort to get people to waive away a right to make a claim for any injuries suffered. Most people will sign them straight away as otherwise, they will not be able to join in.
Whilst they may have a degree of legality in their own right, a waiver can not be used to shield an organiser from their liability and it can not always prevent an injured party from making a personal injury claim. Under the Unfair Contract Terms Act, providers of an activity can not restrict or exclude liability for injury or death that has been caused by their negligence. If the trampoline park operator has in some way been negligent, you could be able to make a compensation claim for injuries sustained.
Negligence can include things such as failing to inform customers of the correct health and safety actions and insufficient supervision of people using the trampoline(s), as well as poorly maintained equipment. For more information on how to make trampoline accident claims, please read on.
No Win No Fee Trampoline Accident Claims
At Legal Expert, we can help you make trampoline accident claims using a no win no fee agreement. The technical name for these is a ‘conditional fee agreement’. These contracts mean that your solicitor will work with you without charging any ongoing or upfront fees. Solicitors will work on your behalf to recover any compensation you are owed the agreement will set out what the solicitor will do and how they will be compensated.
If a claim is successful, the solicitors fees will be deducted as a small percentage of the compensation award. If the claims case is not successful, the solicitors will not make any changes to the claimant. The benefit of a no win no fee contract is that it protects those who may be vulnerable from additional financial pressures. To begin your personal injury case, talk to the specialists at Legal Expert today.
Why Choose Legal expert For Your Trampoline Park Injuries Claim
People who have had an injury which was not their fault choose to work with the specialist no win no fee solicitors at Legal Expert because of our experience and knowledge, as well as our excellent service.
By choosing to work with the specialists at Legal Expert, you can benefit from our knowledge. The solicitors we work with will be able to review your claim and the basic details of your accident. They will also look at your injuries. From start to finish, we are on hand to support your recovery as well as getting you the compensation you deserve.
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Ready to start making your trampoline accident claims?
If so, please contact the professionals and Legal Expert today to start your compensation claim. Our dedicated and professional team will begin working to get you the compensation that you deserve. You can contact us by calling on 0800 073 8804. You can also fill in the contact form on this page, or please send us the outline of your case in an email.
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