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Youngs and Associates, P.A.
Miami Auto Accident Attorneys Miami Personal Injury Lawyers
We handle a variety of construction accident cases, including elevator accidents, nail gun accidents, scaffolding accidents, defective machinery accidents, crane accidents, hazardous energy accidents, logging accidents and compressed gas accidents, that often involve injuries such as spinal cord and back injuries, amputations, crushed limbs, burns, traumatic brain injuries, paraplegia and quadriplegia.
Every year thousands of laborers are killed or seriously injured while working at construction sites. This occurs even though many state and federal regulations, as well as industry standards, require owners, general contractors and sub-contractors to implement a wide variety of safety measures.
Here are some of the alarming facts regarding workplace injury and death:
- From 1980 to 1995, over 93,000 workers in the U.S. died as a result of trauma suffered on the job.
- An average of 16 workers died each day in workplace related accidents from 1980 to 1995.
- In 2000, the number of traumatic injuries suffered in the workplace contributed to approximately 5,600 workplace deaths.
- A total of 5.2 million injuries and illnesses were reported in private industry workplaces during 2001.
Although workers' compensation aids employees while injured on the job, it is usually not sufficient to fully compensate injured workers for all damages sustained as a result of their work-related accident.
Unfortunately, workers' compensation alone may not be enough compensation. In order to receive reasonable compensation for their injuries, workers must commence third-party lawsuits against parties other than their employer. Owners of property, general contractors, sub-contractors, architects, even equipment manufactures may be held responsible when a construction site accident occurs. In addition to workers' compensation benefits, additional damages that can be recovered in third-party lawsuits include pain and suffering, additional wage loss benefits, additional medical benefits and loss of consortium.
You need the representation of aggressive, experienced trial attorneys to ensure you are fairly compensated for your suffering. The Law Offices Youngs and Associates are ready to take on your construction site accident case and will not quit until you get the settlement you deserve
Examples of accidents on construction sites:
- Compressed Gas Explosions
- Crane Accident Injuries
- Machinery Caused Amputations
- Machinery Malfunction Injuries
- Stairway or Flooring Collapse
- Construction Debris Injuries
- Nail Gun Accidents
- Scaffolding Accidents
- Hidden or Buried Glass or Nail Injuries
If you are injured seriously at a construction site call us immediately or have a family member notify us so we can come to the hospital and discuss the matter with you. |
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