Every year, thousands of construction site accidents cause serious injuries
or kill workers. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) laws
require construction companies to inspect each construction site with safety
engineers and provide safety programs, but unfortunately injuries still occur
due to negligent conduct and the inadequacy of the safety provisions. Although
not a complete list, common construction site injuries can be caused by:
 Crane accidents
Compressed gases
Dangerous
liquids
Defective construction
tools & machinery
Falls on
the worksite
Scaffolding
accidents
Trench/hole
collapses
Welding accidents
Whenever a construction site accident occurs, the owners, architects, insurance
companies and manufacturers of equipment can be held responsible for inadequate
safety provisions. The law requires the general contractor and all subcontractors
to provide a reasonably safe construction 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.
The attorneys at LAW OFFICES
OF MATHYS & SCHNEID will
pursue any party who may be responsible for your construction site injuries.
We will not confine our investigation to just the employer. Rather, we look for
defective products or unsafe
conditions created by non-employer subcontractors or other third
parties who may have substantial insurance coverage, often amounting to millions
of dollars.
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 many
other types of construction equipment.
It is often possible to find manufacturers and other third parties liable
for your construction site injury. Since most construction projects involve many
subcontractors, subcontractors can also be responsible for causing your injuries
as well.
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Us
Given the extremely technical and scientific nature of
a construction site accident, it is critical that you contact LAW OFFICES
OF MATHYS & SCHNEID as
soon as possible after your construction site accident. Numerous steps must be
taken in order to ensure that crucial evidence is secured and an investigation
is completed. As with other personal injury lawsuits, the construction companies
and manufacturers involved will certainly have attorneys representing their interests
immediately.
If you have suffered an injury due to a construction site
accident, you likewise need an attorney representing your interests as soon as
possible. For more information about construction site accidents in particular
or our practice areas in general, please contact us at (630) 428-4040 for
a free office consultation, or fill out our free
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