According to the assumptions of the Occupations Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), an estimate of over 1,000 construction workers may suffer from construction work-related fatality every year. Many others may undergo significant physical injuries.
Furthermore, according to OSHA these situations could be prevented if the construction companies or the companies sponsoring the construction would become more conscious about observing health and safety regulations in the construction worksites.
Indeed workers in construction sites are considered as skilled laborers. They are trained in the basic safety rules in order to avoid accidents on the job site. They may also know first aid and are aware on the things they have to do in case an accident occurs.
However, if these common reasons of accidents that glaringly point out the unconsciousness of strict observance in safety policies are flagrant in a work site, then accidents have high probability of happening:
o Lack of maintenance and regular service of construction equipment and machinery may lead to their early wear and tear and cause injuries on its operators and other workers working around them.
o Neglecting the proper care of machinery may lead to its malfunction
o Unchecked materials may cause its faultiness
o Introducing inferior-quality tools and equipment in the worksite.
Construction sites usually become the venue of these types of accidents:
o Accidents during scaffolding
o Failures in lifting equipment
o Accidents during welding
o Collapsing of trenches
o Falls from ladders or roofs
o Accidents with the crane and forklift trucks
o Electric Shock or electrocutions
o Fires or explosions
o Accidents due to road traffic
o Accidents with compressed gases
o Failure of safety harnesses
o Faulty machinery
o Accidents with power tools
o Falling from flooring holes and open pits or deep excavations
Laborers are usually the hardest hit concerning injuries or fatalities occurring in construction sites. Whenever these untimely incidents happen, the laborers may often feel, frustrated, betrayed and overwhelmed with the limited legal options that they could take.
In some instances, after being injured, the laborer already loses the ability or capacity to work. This loss of income can affect their family greatly. Some may even become motivated to work again after their injuries were already healed even if it would further endanger their physical safety and health situation.
Everyone must realize that injuries due to construction site accidents should not be considered as "part of the job." They are actually a threat to the health and safety of all construction workers and a threat to the construction project. The workers must realize that these accidents should not be viewed as "occupational hazards" and therefore can be considered as a significant part in their way of life.
These accidents can be easily prevented if only there is heightened consciousness on the part of everyone concerned with the construction project.
If you or a loved one become injured due to an accident in a construction site, filing a lawsuit is very essential to realize that the accident should have been highly avoidable. The victim of a construction accident usually has to deal with financial hardship because he or she if forced to pay for costly medical bills while losing the capacity to work and earn an income.
Through filing a lawsuit against the liable parties and winning the case, a victim can receive compensation for the financial, emotional and physical burdens that the injury caused. For a construction accident lawsuit to be won, it is necessary to seek legal aid from a professional construction accident lawyer immediately.
For more information about protecting your rights as a victim of a construction accident, visit our Los Angeles Construction Accident Lawyers website.
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