Construction
Accidents
Each
year, thousands of construction workers are either killed or injured
in construction site accidents.
When these accidents occur, parties such as the owners, architects
and equipment manufacturers may bear responsibility for your injuries.
And because subcontractors are often involved in construction
projects, third parties may also be responsible.
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review of your case.
Construction Accident Issues
Construction companies are required by law to inspect each worksite
to ensure worker safety.
The contractor and all subcontractors must provide a reasonably
safe work environment as well as warn workers of hazards that
are inherent in the site and nature of the work. They must also
take reasonably adequate steps to hire careful employees, coordinate
job safety and supervise compliance with safety specifications.
Construction equipment manufacturers also have a responsibility
to design and maintain safe products intended for use at the work
site. This responsibility includes preventing the use of defective
or unreasonably dangerous products. Products like (but not limited
to) scaffolding, power tools, cranes, derricks, hoists, conveyors,
woodworking tools, ladders, winches, trucks, graters, scrapers,
tractors, bulldozers, forklifts, boilers, pressure vessels and
gas detectors.
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review of your case.
Construction
Accident-Related Links
Occupational
Safety & Health Administration
http://www.osha.gov
Workers' Compensation Acronyms
http://www.prairielaw.com
Dealing with Medical Exams
http://www.prairielaw.com
OSHA Technical Links Pages
http://www.osha-slc.gov/doc/topics.html
AFL-CIO Safety and Health on the Job
http://www.aflcio.org/safety
The Center to Protect Workers' Rights
http://www.cpwr.com
George Washington University Medical Center, Dept. of Environmental
and Occupational Health
http://www.gwu.edu/~crsph/projects/construct.html
Construction Safety Council
http://www.buildsafe.org
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/homepage.html
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health: Construction
Topics
http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/cntopics.html
National Work Zone Safety Information Clearinghouse
http://wzsafety.tamu.edu
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