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Construction Accidents and Personal Injury Law

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Construction sites – Risky place

• Construction sites are the most risky place to work.• Accidents are very common at these places.• Injury can be temporary or permanent• Can make a worker disabled or even cause death.• Serious injury can cause loss of wages which could be very

devastating for worker’s family.



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• Construction workers deal with dangerous working conditions.

• Several regulations, specification and job safety programs are provided to ensure prevention of construction site accidents.

• Despite all these precautions and safety steps, accidents are not uncommon in construction workplaces.



• Fall Accidents

• Trenching Accidents

• Heavy Equipment Accidents

• Confined Space Entry Accidents

Types of construction accidents:



Seeking compensation – tricky

• Sites could have a complex interdependency of contractors andsub contractors.

• Fixing accountability of the accident is a very difficult andcontentious task.

• Seeking compensation could be tricky.

• Hence, need help of an experienced personal injury attorney.



Protect yourself and your rights

• Seek immediate medical help.

• Report to the employer and construction manager.

• Record details of eye-witnesses.

• Take photographs and videos of the site.

• Preserve the evidences related to injury.

• Before giving any statement, contact construction accident attorney.
