Justin Plank, a 21-year-old man, was injured on May 12 at a gas station in Norwalk, CT after a steel beam fell off a payloader and struck him in the leg. According to this article, Plank was guiding a 16-foot steel pillar into place at when a chain wrapped around the claw-bucket holding the beam slipped. The beam crashed to the ground and cut a gash into his lower left leg.
Plank, who works for East Hartford-based Van Horst Commercial Construction, and a payloader operator were unloading the pillars and beams off a flatbed trailer when the accident happened.
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration is investigating the accident.
Mr. Plank would be well advised to contact an experienced workers’ compensation attorney who can carefully examine the incident to identify any negligence or wrongdoing. An experienced attorney would also look into a “third party claim.” These are claims that are filed against parties that are not the worker’s employer. It could be a contrac [...]
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