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Every year, thousands of individuals are hurt or even fatally injured in construction site accidents. While construction companies are responsible for the safety of the workers and the work environment, in certain circumstances, a landowner or occupier may be liable for the dangerous conditions on the premises.
Since construction sites typically involve highly dangerous and potentially hazardous life-threatening conditions, these types of accidents may often result in very serious injuries and even wrongful death. Personal injuries suffered at construction sites can be among the most severe.
Some states have enacted laws that prevent an employee from suing his/her employee as a result of an injury at a construction site. Similar state laws and worker’s compensation laws have also placed limits as to the amount of compensation an employee may recover for injuries resulting from a work site accident. Since worker’s compensation typically does not provide the necessary compensation for personal injuries suffered while at work on a construction site, in order to recover compensation for additional damages such as pain and suffering, it is necessary to find a party other than the employer that was liable for the injuries.
Situations frequently arise where a party other than the employer is to blame for the injuries at the construction site. Construction equipment may be found to have been defective and/or dangerous both in design and manufacturing. While the construction company is responsible for providing a safe work environment, dangerous cranes, falling scaffolds, forklifts, conveyor belts, trucking equipment, drilling cranes, defective rock grinding machines, cement mixer, vehicle-mounted elevating machines, rotating work platforms, sawmills, tractors, welding machinery, chemical and biological materials may be found to have been the cause of the accident and resulting injury.
If you or a loved one has been injured while at work at a construction site and have been seriously injured, call today for a free consultation of your claim. 310.882.6810 or 888.222.8286 - Let our team of experienced trial lawyers help you seek the maximum recovery available.
• In the National Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries (CFOI) in 2005, an average of 88 fatalities occurred in the years 2000-2004 from scaffolds, staging. • There are over 50 scaffolding deaths every year (CFOI) • Construction site accidents remain one of the most frequently workplace accidents in the country
Types of Construction Site Accidents • Explosions – Chemical Explosions • Scaffolding Accidents • Electrocution – Electric Shock• Wrongful Death • Broken Bones • Paralysis/Paraplegia/Quadriplegia • Brain Damage • Amputation • Severe Personal Injury • Roof Collapse Injuries and Falls • Crane Accidents • Equipment Failure
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Electrocution is a term that is used to describe an exposure to electric shock. While this term is used loosely, the formal definition of electrocution is used only when describing a death by electric shock. In a fatal electrocution shock, an individuals body sees damage throughout the vital organs as well as the heart which goes into fibrillation causing it to stop.
In a non-fatal exposure to an electric shock, the body can see damage to the heart, the lungs, burns, psychological and physical damage as well as many neurological signs of electric shock damage.
People can be exposed to electric shock and high voltage in most places open to the public such as malls, office buildings, the work place, amusement parks, construction sites. If severe enough, an electric shock can damage the nervous system causing various brain, spinal cord and motor sensory damage. If serious enough, electric shock or electrocution can cause paralysis, or paraplegia and quadriplegia.
Other electric injuries or injury can cause tissue damage. Many construction deaths or serious injuries in the United States are caused by electrocution. Electrocution at the workplace can be a major problem for many corporations that deal with manufacturing or high voltage equipment such as lifts, backhoes, conductors, and other potentially dangerous electrical equipment. Employers are required to comply with occupational safety and health standards provided by each state law.
If you have been seriously injured as a result of an exposure to electric shock at work, at the workplace, in public areas, from using a product or have been electrocuted you may be entitled to compensation for your injuries, pain and suffering, lost wages and medical expenses.
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