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Construction accidents
injure and kill hundreds of thousands
of people every year. Construction
is considered one of the three most
dangerous occupations in the U.S.,
with one in ten construction workers
being involved in a construction accident.
A more specialized area of law, personal
injury involving construction accidents
have increased in recent years due
to the failure of construction companies
to adhere to safety rules that would
prevent construction accidents from
occurring at such a high rate.
A construction accident
can be the result of many different
factors, involving dangerous construction
equipments lacking proper safety devices,
cave-ins, falls due to a barricade
failure, collapsing structure, inadequate
warning of dangerous conditions, and
injuries due to the activities of
another contractor. All these types
of construction accidents expose construction
workers to a wide variety of hazards.
The high number of hazards is why
construction workers face the greatest
risk of work- related injury or fatality
than any other U.S. employee thus
enduring high numbers of construction
accidents.
Construction accidents
most often affect lower back and shoulder
by lifting, knees, hips, and shoulders
by awkward postures, wrists through
repetitive motions, and fingers and
wrists due to hand tools. OSHA found
that hazards contributing to construction
accidents are the large amount of
noise, lead and asbestos exposure,
solvents, hazardous wastes, and heat
and cold stressors. All these hazards
contribute to construction accidents
that affect the organs and vital systems.
A personal injury
construction accident can be attributed
to owners, insurance companies, architects,
or equipment manufacturers. Construction
accident attorney exist to investigate
the circumstances that surrounded
the injury to determine if safety
standards were not applied or broken
and resulted in a construction accident.
A construction accident claim can
arise if a contractor conducts the
business in negligent or dangerous
ways, a property owner fails to warn
of dangerous conditions on the property,
or a contractor is using equipment
that is dangerous or defective and
it leads to a construction accident.
Construction accident law is very
specialized but will help ensure that
the injured party received the compensation
they are qualified for.
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