Workplace Security Failures Cause Injuries

The average person spends nearly 2,000 hours each year at work. We expect to feel safe when clocking in for our shift. Unfortunately, many workplace injuries happened due to violent attacks from coworkers, customers, and vendors. Even random people off the street can sneak into your workplace or attack you in the parking lot. Contact Snyder Heitman LLC to speak with a negligent security lawyer. Our firm excels at building personal injury claims for fair compensation. We can review your injuries and decide if you can file a legal claim.

Does Your Job Have Sufficient Security?

Under South Carolina law, the amount of security an employer must provide depends on the history of crime in the area and other factors. At the outset, let’s admit that an employer is not obligated to pull out all the stops to prevent crime. They do not have to spend millions on security (in most cases), and they are not automatically liable whenever a worker is attacked.

However, security must be reasonable. Often, that means that your employer must protect against foreseeable crimes, such as robbery and attacks in parking lots and common areas, like the lobby.

Depending on the history of crime, your employer might need to employ:

• Security cameras in the building and parking lot;
• Perimeter fences or locked gates;
• Security guards who respond to calls, speak with visitors, and investigate loiterers;
• Metal detectors and wands.

Suppose you work at a small office. The only security features might be locks on the doors and windows. That could be reasonable security if there is no history of crime in the area. But someone who works at a bank will need more security because of the risk of someone coming in and robbing the place.

Hiring Dangerous Workers and Vendors

Many workers are injured by someone their employer chooses to do business with. Whether you can sue is a complicated question. Your employer must use reasonable care when hiring people, including employees. It is a security failure to hire someone with a dangerous record or who an employer should anticipate will be violent.

Excluding Violent Customers

Your employer also must take reasonable steps when told about a violent customer. You should not have to put up with harassment. Instead, your employer can ban someone from the premises and seek additional legal remedies if you are being threatened. Failure to respond at all could constitute a security failure.

Choose Snyder Heitman LLC for Your Legal Needs

Workplace security failures cost workers millions each year when they are hurt in preventable attacks. Contact our office. It is not always easy to know if you can bring a legal claim for compensation. Your employer will likely argue they had no control over the person who injured you, or that the security measures they employed were reasonable. Let us go over the evidence and pull together a strong argument on your behalf.

We serve Greenville, Spartanburg, and Upstate South Carolina. A negligent security lawyer is standing by to meet for a free consultation.