First and foremost you must get medical attention for your injury as soon as possible. Refusing to be treated for your injury may result in a worsening condition. Not to mention, you may lose a claim against the person responsible.

Next, you need to determine what caused the accident and perhaps take your own photographs and collect information from potential witnesses.

Make sure to report the incident to a person in charge of the area as soon as possible. Include details regarding the nature of the injury, when and where it took place, your name and contact information as well as information from any witnesses.

Finally, contact an attorney.

You may need to prove that the property owner was aware of the hazard but did nothing to correct it. For example, perhaps you were shopping at a grocery store and another customer spilled milk on the floor. If you slipped, fell and injured yourself because of the milk, then you would have to prove that the store owner had enough time to fix the hazard between the time the milk was spilled and when you were injured.

In other situations, you may need to prove that, although a dangerous condition was obvious to you and the property owner, it was nevertheless unavoidable and should have already been fixed by the owner.