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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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