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Construction/ On the Job Accidents

This area of law deals with obtaining compensation for work related injuries. Employers are not allowed to state that the injury was caused by the employee; instead, they are required to pay benefits to injured workers. Injured employees receive temporary benefits, medical care and disability benefits. Attorney fees are set by law.

Construction labor makes up one of the three most dangerous occupations in the United States today, producing thousands of debilitating injuries and wrongful deaths each year. Factors that contribute to construction accidents include workers lifting loads with worn and weathered cables, working on elevated platforms without fall protection or wearing defective safety harnesses and lanyards, and/or working in trenches with improper benching and using outdated tools and equipment. Farming and manufacturing accidents, as well as the oil and gas industry can also cause serious injury and toxic exposure.

Toxic Exposure
Due to the tremendous growth of the corporate industry in the United States over the past fifty years, the number of dangerous, toxic substances in the environment has grown significantly. Some toxic substances are shown to cause substantial injury to people; i.e., lead-based paint linked to brain damage, especially in children; asbestos linked to lung cancer and restrictice lung disease; dry cleaning and other solvents linked to brain damage and major organ damage; pesticides such as dioxin and DDT linked to birth injuries and toxic landfill waste linked to leukemia.

Construction site personal injury law is not practiced nor understood by many personal injury attorneys. As a result, many personal injury construction claims are often subject to mediocre representation and minimal financial compensation due to improper legal counsel. Injured construction workers are urged to seek a personal injury attorney who is knowledgeable in a variety of construction techniques and has successfully litigated numerous construction site personal injury cases.