Construction Site Accidents

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CONSTRUCTION SITE ACCIDENTS

Construction
site accident victims are often killed or left with catastrophic injuries
including traumatic brain injuries, amputations, spinal
cord injuries, quadriplegia, paraplegia, shattered bones, crush injuries and
severe internal injuries. 

Construction injuries can result from:

• cutting
  accidents
• electrocution
• crane accidents
• scaffolding
  accidents
• collapsed
  structures
• defective
  machinery
• improper use or
  maintenance of construction equipment
• compressed gases
• mechanical
  hazards
• welding
  accidents
• exposure to
  toxic substances
• construction
  site falls

Construction
companies and contractors are required to inspect each job site. They are
required to implement safety programs. According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics in
2004 alone 401,000 people suffered non-fatal injuries in industrial accidents
on or around construction sites and 1,224 people were killed. Construction
workers are at far greater risk of serious injury or death than are workers in
any other industry.

Construction
cases involve complex liability issues:

-The
interaction between state and federal laws regulating the construction industry

-State
worker’s compensation laws which provide broad immunity to employers. 

Lawsuits
arising out of construction site accidents are expensive to prosecute. 
Expert witnesses must be retained in most construction accident cases including
building code experts, construction industry experts, architecture experts,
engineering experts as well as medical experts.

The construction accident lawyers at Alexandr Vakarev have
successfully litigated many cases where the failure of a land owner or
contractor to provide a safe construction site resulted in the death or
catastrophic injury of a construction worker or bystander. 

If you
or someone you know has been injured or killed as a result of a construction
site accident, contact the New
York construction site accident lawyer Aleksandr Vakarev.