Construction Accidents
Each year thousands of construction workers are injured or killed
in construction site accidents. Even though construction companies
are typically obligated to inspect each site with safety engineers
and provide safety programs, accidents still occur.
Generally, an injured worker cannot sue his or her own employer
for injuries arising out of work related activities; however,
if it can be shown that a third party's negligence caused the
injuries, that party can be held liable. Additionally, in some
instances workers may be injured at a construction site due to
their own inadvertence or due to a condition that was no person's
fault. When a worker is injured due to his or her own negligence
or that of his or her employer, or due to a condition which was
nobody's fault, that injured party can still receive compensation
in most states through Workers Compensation. Workers' Compensation
Acts provide benefits to workers who are injured on the job or
suffer an occupational disease arising out of and in the course
of employment. The benefits under Workers' Comp include weekly
payments based on a percentage of the employee's average weekly
wage for temporary total disability, partial disability, permanent
and total disability and permanent loss of function and disfigurement.
Workers' Comp also covers medical expenses for treatment that
is reasonable, necessary and related to the industrial injury
and vocational rehabilitation services.
In some instances, however, a third party is to blame for injuries
that occur on the job site. When a construction site accident
occurs, the owners, architects, and manufacturers of equipment
can be held responsible for inadequate safety provisions. The
general contractor and all subcontractors are required to provide
a reasonably safe site, to warn of hazards inherent in the site
and work, to hire careful employees, to coordinate job safety
and to supervise compliance with safety specifications.
Manufacturers of construction equipment are responsible for
designing and maintaining safe products. Defective or dangerous
products may include the following: scaffolding, cranes, power
tools, derricks, hoists, conveyors, woodworking tools, ladders,
winches, trucks, graters, scrapers, tractors, bulldozers, forklifts,
back hoes, heavy equipment, boilers, pressure vessels, gas detectors
and other types of construction equipment.
Therefore, it is often possible to find liable third parties
in the event of a construction related injury. This is often
important because Worker's Compensation benefits do not provide
compensation for the pain and suffering that a person endures
as a result of an accident.
What You Need To Know:
Insurance companies' obligations are to their stockholders and
policy holders, not to the people injured by their insured's
negligence. Insurance companies' desire to maximize their own
profits provides them with every motivation to try to deny your
claim or pay you the very minimum amount that they can get away
with. The insurance companies also have enormous advantages:
they have immense wealth, armies of experienced adjusters and
lawyers and years of experience reducing and denying claims.
At the Law Office of Stephen A. Burroughs,
our only obligation is to you, our client. We will use our experience
and every resource available to protect your interests, and we
will work hard to help you receive the full value for your case.
We will advise you every step of the way to help you avoid any
mistakes that could cost you money. There is no charge for attorney's
fees until you recover money for your personal injuries, and
we will also help you resolve your property damage claims for
no fee whatsoever. For assistance, call today at 1-877-300-3773, contact
us or submit
an free online case evaluation.
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