workers compensation claim

Construction sites in Tucson are dangerous places to work. When accidents and injuries do occur, many of them are caused by lack of fall protection. Lack of fall protection, in fact, is the primary cause of serious injuries on U.S. construction sites. When a worker has suffered a serious injury, or has died as a result of an injury sustained due to lack of fall protection in Arizon [...]

Heavy machinery is part of the construction industry. Bulldozers, cranes, forklifts, drilling equipment, backhoes, loaders, and many other types of big machines are utilized on many Phoenix construction sites. Yet when such equipment is not operated in a safe and careful manner, wrongful death or severe injuries can result to construction site workers. Too often, otherwise preventab [...]

The widespread occurrence of construction accidents is juxtaposed against their complexities. There are a number of different rules for those workers who suffer job site injuries on a construction site that often hampers their ability to get beyond their injuries. OSHA regulations governing the employer may differ from those governing an OSHA investigation. Guidelines set by one em [...]

As an experienced certified specialist by the State of Arizona in wrongful death and personal injury law, I understand better than most why people are unsure about hiring an attorney. People want honest answers to their questions so that they can make an informed decision, and this is especially true when the injury does not result from the typical car accident case. As experience [...]

Philly.com reports that a Chester police officer was struck by a car on Thanksgiving night while directing traffic around a traffic accident. He was taken to a nearby hospital with non-life-threatening injuries to his head, neck, and back. On average, one police officer is killed every month while conducting a traffic stop or helping a disabled motorist. The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health r [...]

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 [...]

A construction worker was seriously injured by a two-floor fall as he worked on a home in Mahwah, NJ. According to this article on northjersey.com, the man was trying to help brace drywall being lifted into the second floor of a new-construction home when the drywall started to fall backward, throwing the man onto a plywood floor on the first level. The 24-year-old worker from Elmwood Park landed on his back and wa [...]

A 47-year-old worker from Winsted, CT was injured on March 17 when a section of a pipe trench collapsed on him. According to this article on CTPost.com, the worker suffered leg and back injuries and was transported to the Bridgeport Hospital trauma unit. The soil shifted and part of the protective trench box buckled and gave way, burying the worker’s legs and pinning him against an excavator arm. The man is an [...]

On March 2, a construction worker doing welding work in Cateret, NJ was injured when an explosion caused the doors of his pickup truck to fly off and smash into him. According to this article on nj.com, the man was welding at a construction site at a Verizon Wireless data center when the explosion erupted. He was the only one injured in the blast. Any worker who has sustained an injury arising out of and in the c [...]