Arizona Construction Accident Lawyer Blog

Experienced Tuscon construction accident lawyers are often faced with educating and providing information to injured victims – construction workers – after they have suffered an injury on the job. Very often, we observe that construction workers are not given sufficient information about all their legal rights and options. These injured victims and their families depend pretty much on workers compensation without the added protection of claims against the at-fault company. Construction accident attorneys, who have expertise in this area of the law, will know how to analyze all aspects of the case and determine who the at-fault or negligent parties are in a particular construction accident case.

Ladder falls are among the most common accidents on construction sites. A construction worker who was working on a tunnel project was recently injured when he fell from a ladder. According to this news report, the man had to be lifted by crane from a 60-foot deep hole. He was transported by ambulance to a hospital for treatment of back injuries.

A construction site fall from a broken or unsecured ladder while on a construction site can result in broken bones, neck injuries, back injuries and in more serious cases, spinal cord or brain injuries, paralysis or death. The severity of a ladder accident may vary. However, if a third party was at fault for your injury, you may be entitled to significant compensation for those injuries. If you slipped and fell off a ladder or scaffold at a constructions site, it may not be due to your fault or inattention.

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In a recent report about a man who died in trench accident, the chairwoman of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) said that she believed OSHA’s enforcement is weak. The Phoenix construction site accident attorneys at the Arizona personal injury law firm Breyer Law Offices P.C. see evidence of OSHA’s lax safety enforcement on a regular basis. At Breyer Law, we help construction accident victims and their families receive the compensation they deserve to help with medical expenses, rehabilitation expenses, and burial expenses.

Celeste Monforton, chairwoman of the Occupational Health & Safety Section of the American Public Health Association, recently said that OSHA penalties don’t appear to have a strong deterrent effect for companies taking safety shortcuts to save money and endangering the lives of workers. She added that OSHA’s enforcement of workplace safety violations is too weak, and the penalties that OSHA imposes on violators are “a joke” in comparison to other violations.

"It’s not that OSHA isn’t doing the job. It’s the penalties authorized by Congress that put OSHA in that situation," said Monforton, who is also an assistant research professor at George Washington University. "What does it say about our respect for our workers and workers’ lives when the average OSHA penalty for serious violations is $900, compared to an EPA Clean Water Act violation, which is $25,000 per violation, per day?" she said. "It’s not OSHA’s responsibility to make sure workers are safe; it’s the employers," she said.

These statements provide several good reasons why it is important to have the assistance of an experienced Arizona construction accident lawyer if you or someone you care for has been injured or killed in a construction accident. They will help hold those responsible for the accident accountable for their actions and help prevent others from being hurt or killed on the job.

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Construction sites present numerous hazards to workers that can be overlooked by attorneys who don't have a certain level of expertise in this area of the law. A workman's comp claim is not the only way to go when it comes to construction accident injuries in Arizona. A construction worker who is hurt on the job can also be compensated by someone other than an employer who was negligent or failed to follow federal and state regulations – such as a contractor, a sub-contractor or the manufacturer of a defective product.

Falls are among the most common construction accidents that occur in Arizona. Falls can be fatal or can cause major injuries. For example, this news report talks about an incident where a construction worker fell from a roof at a local school and suffered back injuries. Apparently, the worker who landed on the second floor was alert as paramedics attended to him. He was taken to the hospital for treatment of his injuries.

Construction site falls from a higher elevation occur for various reasons. Sometimes there is a spill or an object that the worker slips on or trips over. Also, there could be loose scaffolding that can give way and cause the worker to fall. Sometimes, construction equipment or other machinery can malfunction, causing the construction worker to be ejected. All these scenarios could cause major injuries or death.

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Workers performing their duties below ground level in Arizona must deal with the risks of collapse and suffocation every single day. The Arizona trench accident lawyers at Breyer Law Offices P.C. have helped the victims of trench collapses and their families receive the compensation they deserve to help with medical expenses, funeral expenses and other trench collapse accident-related expenses. If you or someone you care for has been injured or killed when a trench collapsed, the Arizona personal injury attorneys may be able to help you through this difficult period of your life.

According to a report about a trench construction accident, a soggy trench wall collapsed and suffocated a worker to death on May 6, 2009, while he was working on a 15-foot-deep trench. The day before the fatal trench accident, a city inspector had come on a routine inspection of the construction site and told the contractor that the trench was not properly secured. The accident victim was a subcontractor working on the construction of a new water tower just before 8 a.m. when part of the trench’s wall fell in on him and buried him in mud. Rescuers recovered the man’s body five hours later.

The construction death accident is currently being investigated by the Department of Occupational Safety and Health Administration and local police officials. In many cases, trench accidents occur because proper safety procedures are not followed and the lives of workers are put at risk.

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Arizona construction accident lawyers have often observed that a number of on-the-job injuries occur because workers and their managers do not follow proper safety procedures mandated by the state and federal safety agencies. Serious violations that cause major injuries or death are punishable by fines. For example, a worker who fell 54 feet to his death last summer at a construction site had been standing on an unsupported step ladder and failed to secure a safety harness he was wearing. According to this news report, his employer paid a $1,350 fine to the Department of Labor and Industry for a serious violation of safety regulations pertaining to ladders. Serious violations can bring as much as a $7,000 penalty.

The worker involved in that construction accident death suffered massive injuries after falling from the fifth floor of the building where he and another worker were placing a concrete, hollow-core slab above them. He was wearing a safety harness that went over his shoulders and between his legs, but a lanyard was not secured to an anchor point where he had been working. Federal records show that ladder and inadequate fall prevention plans are annually among the top leading safety violations nationwide on construction sites.

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Arizona construction accident attorneys, such as those at the Arizona personal injury law firm of Breyer Law Offices P.C., must keep a balanced perspective at all times no matter how difficult the circumstances. When someone has been hurt or killed on the job and their family turns to lawyers for help, it is the lawyers’ job to carefully explain the family’s options so that they can make the choices that are best for them. When the accident victims’ family is traumatized in the days and hours following the accident, the attorneys must help them through this difficult time by investigating the accident and basing their legal counsel on the facts, not emotions.

According to report, a 32-year-old construction worker collapsed recently at a construction site. The man was working at a pumping station undergoing renovation when he collapsed on a sidewalk. Co-workers initially thought the man was experiencing a heart attack, seizure or stroke, but an investigation by the coroner’s office and the State’s Department of Occupational Safety and Health found that the worker was electrocuted after touching a live wire. The investigation of the electrocution accident is expected to continue until the source of the electricity has been found.

Construction workers in Arizona face risks on the job every day. While some risks are inherent in the job, others are preventable. If you or a family member have been injured or killed on the job at a construction site, the Phoenix construction site accident attorneys at Breyer Law Offices P.C. can help. To schedule a free consultation with their experienced Arizona construction accident lawyers, call them today at 602.978.6400.

Personal injury lawyers can help those who have been injured in construction accidents. Far too many workers throughout Phoenix, Tucson, Mesa, and all of Arizona do not have the full information they need after they have suffered an injury. On the job injuries for construction workers happen all the time. Afterwards, these people are often told that Arizona Workers Compensation claims are their only resource. Even some lawyers may not understand that, in many construction accident cases, this is not true. An experience injury lawyer can help sort out the cases that offer the ability to get compensation from both workers comp and the at-fault party. If workers realized they are not risking their comp benefits, they would be more likely to bring these claims that can help their families overcome the financial burden caused by these incidents.

The fact that construction sites in Arizona and throughout the country occur regularly, and are preventable in many cases, cannot be ignored. For instance, according to an article, a construction site accident at a power plant has claimed the life of a 28-year-old worker. Officials investigating the construction accident death scene said that a radiographer was conducting an inspection on an elevated scaffold when he became pinned between the boiler wall and scaffolding and sustained fatal injuries. No other workers were on the scaffolding at the time of the accident.

The worker had reportedly been employed by the company on and off since 2005 as he had a specialty skill using x-ray equipment to inspect pipe welds to ensure that the welds were solid. Occupational Safety and Health Administration are conducting an investigation into what caused this fatal construction accident to occur.

Unfortunately, construction accidents like this continue to occur in Arizona and other states. Although the cause of this accident has yet to be determined, in most cases the causes of fatal construction accidents in Arizona are improperly trained employees, lax safety standards, lack of supervision and these are far too often combined with the use of heavy construction equipment.

Arizona construction accidents often result in higher rates of deaths and catastrophic injuries than other types of accidents, and accident victims and their families may not know who to turn to for answers. For many years now, Phoenix's experienced construction accident lawyers at Breyer Law Offices, P.C., have been helping construction accident victims and their families recover from these devastating accidents.

If you or someone you care for has been injured in a construction site accident, call the Phoenix personal injury lawyers at Breyer Law Offices, P.C., today at 602.978.6400. You may not have a claim, or may not want to bring the case you have due to other reasons, but you deserve to make the best decision for yourself and your family after getting honest feedback and answers from experienced injury lawyers in Arizona.

Finding a lawyer in Arizona to help someone who was hurt doing construction work can be a challenge. This problem does not come from a lack of excellent lawyers in Arizona, but a lack of lawyers that seem to discuss the claims that can be made for serious injuries or for families who lost a loved one on a construction job beyond just a workers compensation claim. These claims are available – and vital to the family – in many cases. Construction site deaths can be caused by truckers on road construction cases or negligent subcontractors on other construction sites. These tragedies are not limited to Arizona.

A tractor-trailer struck and killed a construction worker on an Interstate, recently. According to this report, law enforcement officials are investigating the accident and say that the man who was killed was working as part of a concrete construction crew when he was killed by the big rig. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) will inspect the worksite and the accident scene

Highway and construction employees in Arizona work at high-risk worksites. These locations include construction sites with heavy equipment and highway work zones with cars and large trucks nearby moving at high rates of speed. When proper safety protocols are not enforced, when employees receive little training or supervision, or when safety measures aren’t in place, the chances of worker fatalities and serious injuries on the job are much higher.

If you or someone you care for has been injured or if you know the family of someone who has been killed in an Arizona construction accident, the skilled Phoenix personal injury attorneys at Breyer Law Offices, P.C., may be able to help. With many years of experience helping accident victims and their families, Breyer Law has taken on insurance companies and construction companies, and helped their clients receive compensation to offset steep medical costs and other expenses. To schedule a free consultation with experienced Arizona construction accident attorneys, call Breyer Law Offices, P.C., today at 602-978-6400.

Slip and fall lawyers in Arizona are not always considered when it comes to looking for a construction accident lawyer. However, there are times when negligence by one subcontractor or contractor leads to serious injuries for another on a construction site due to a slip and fall accident, trip accident, or fall accident.

A construction worker suffered critical injuries after he fell two stories while working on a new elementary school building, according to a report. The 30-year-old man apparently slipped on some wet concrete, which caused him to fall. The man suffered severe head and back injuries and was transported to a local hospital.

Every time you hear about a construction worker who was seriously injured or killed in a construction accident, it breaks your heart because these mishaps occur as these workers are trying to do their job and put food on the table for their loved ones. These construction fall accidents especially affect the workers' families because very often, the injured victim is the primary breadwinner for their family.

Phoenix slip and fall accidents can be usually be prevented at construction sites. The federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has strict guidelines and safety standards for construction sites. If a contractor or sub-contractor has not followed these workplace guidelines and you are injured as a result, you may have a third-party claim. The term "negligence" in construction accidents, refers to the failure of an employer or a third party to protect the victim from injury. Arizona law does generally limit the claim against the employer to workers compensation and these benefits are hardly enough to compensate a severely injured worker or the family of a deceased worker.

A knowledgeable and experienced Arizona construction accident attorney will be able to tell you how a claim against a third party such as a general contractor or a sub contractor is often overlooked as a way to obtain fair compensation in an Arizona construction accident case. If you would like more information, please contact Breyer Law at 623-930-8064 to schedule a free consultation.

Construction workers who have suffered injuries due to negligent subcontractors may have legal recourse. However, not enough workers realize that they can turn to experienced Phoenix personal injury attorneys when they need help after a construction accident of any type. While even the best injury attorneys may not be able to seek compensation on every construction case, there are many times that claims are allowed beyond the lesser remedies made available in workers compensation claims.

Unfortunately, tragedies are a daily occurrence in the construction field, and far too often they are preventable. An employee working on a large natural gas pipeline project suffered fatal injuries recently when some large pipes fell off a rig mat and crushed him, according to this report. Officials investigating the accident have not yet released any details, but the state Occupational Safety and Health Administration has been called to conduct a review of the safety measures in place where the construction accident death occurred. The construction accident halted work on the project and all workers have been told to attend a safety meeting before resuming work on the pipeline.

The project is nearing completion but one worker on the site said that safety inspectors infrequently visit the site and also said that "safety seems like an afterthought" and "it seems like everybody is rushing it." All too frequently, the safety measures designed to protect construction workers from harm are bypassed or ignored for the sake of speeding up the completion of a project or saving money. Anything that compromises the safety of workers on any work site is unacceptable. The lives of Arizona construction workers are put at risk when proper safety protocols are not enforced.

While no amount of monetary compensation replaces a husband, father, or loved one, the families of Arizona construction workers killed on the job are allowed to seek financial compensation under Arizona law. In such cases, families often turn to skilled Arizona personal injury law firms such as Breyer Law Offices, P.C., to investigate the conditions leading up to the accident and hold anyone responsible accountable for their actions.

If you or someone you care for has been seriously injured or killed on a work site, the experienced Arizona construction accident attorneys at Breyer Law may be able to help you receive compensation to pay for medical bills and other costs related to the accident. To schedule a free consultation, call us today at 602-978-6400.

Holding negligent Arizona construction companies responsible for the injuries they cause is a key part of injury claims brought by top Phoenix injury lawyers. However, the effort to stop unsafe construction practices and prevent unnecessary injuries must go beyond the borders of Arizona. Top level injury lawyers throughout the nation are called upon and needed to help construction workers after suffering preventable injuries or construction accident death.

According to a recent article, a construction company is being investigated by OSHA following a trench accident that claimed the lives of four workers in September 2008. OSHA has proposed nearly $202,000 in fines against the company for two alleged serious violations and three alleged willful violations of the OSH Act of 1970. The four workers were killed when a trench they were working in collapsed, trapping and suffocating the workers.

Charles Adkins—an OSHA administrator investigating the accident—said, "There is no excuse for this accident and these workers did not need to lose their lives. It is appalling to realize there are companies that would allow, or even require, their employees to enter excavations without having cave-in protection. It is imperative that employers take the necessary steps to eliminate hazards and provide a safe working environment for all of their employees to prevent accidents like this from occurring." The company has 15 business days from the receipt of the citations to comply with OSHA’s fines or contest the findings before an independent Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission.

As you can see, too many construction workers in Arizona and other states are working in dangerous conditions that could cause death and serious injury. In the aftermath of an Arizona construction accident, the victim’s family is often left without their primary breadwinner. Their unstable financial situation is then exacerbated by the pile of accident-related bills. In those moments, an experienced Tuscon construction accident attorney can be a very helpful resource for answering questions and helping families receive the financial compensation they deserve.

If you or a member of your family has suffered an injury or been killed in a construction accident, whether it is trench collapse or other matter, the experienced Arizona construction accident attorneys at Breyer Law Offices, P.C., may be able to help. They have helped countless construction accident victims and their families recover from these unfortunate, and often completely avoidable, incidents. This experience can be a huge asset when you need it the most. To schedule a free consultation with Arizona's skilled construction accident lawyers, contact the Arizona personal injury law firm Breyer Law Offices, P.C., today at 602.978.6400.

Finding the best injury lawyer in Arizona may be impossible due to the large number of lawyers that exist. However, we strongly encourage all construction workers to seek out the best construction accident and injury lawyer they can find before making any decisions following a serious construction accident. Throughout Arizona and the United States, these tragic injuries occur far too often.

For example, a construction worker fell from the fourth floor of a Marriott hotel and died of his injuries, according to a news report. The worker was apparently helping with the construction work on a new wing of the hotel.

Construction sites are among the most hazardous workplaces in any country. Injuries and fatalities from falls at construction sites are way too common. Arizona is no exception. Falls at construction sites account for one-third of all construction accident deaths in the United States.

Such construction site falls can be caused by a wide variety of factors. Slippery surfaces, lack of guardrails, unstable scaffolding or improperly set up ladders are just some of the reasons workers fall at construction sites. Also, when workers fall from a construction site, they face additional risks such as electrical wires, concrete, rebar, passing traffic and other exposed materials.

If you or a family member has been seriously injured or killed in an Arizona construction site accident, we encourage you to call Breyer Law to find out how we can help protect your rights and secure fair compensation for your damages and loss. Arizona workers compensation benefits are often inadequate to cover a majority of expenses you may incur in terms of medical expenses and loss of wages. Our experienced Phoenix construction accident lawyers will look into whether negligence on the part of a third party may have caused the fall. Please call us today at 623-930-8064 to schedule your free consultation.

Most people understand that serious injuries can occur throughout Arizona at construction sites, but many people do not realize how many injuries occur to construction workers doing freeway construction. Many construction workers injured on the job in Arizona do not realize that a skilled Phoenix personal injury lawyer can help them receive compensation in addition to the workers comp claim people may encourage them to bring. The extra compensation allowed under Arizona injury claims can be life-changing to many people who have suffered serious injuries. These injuries are not limited to Arizona, and they happen all over the country.

For instance, a 53-year-old construction worker was killed in a freeway construction site accident after he was run over by a flatbed truck, according to this news report. The construction accident death occurred April 15, 2009 when workers were dismantling and loading a crane onto a flatbed truck. Somehow, the worker fell under the wheels of the flatbed truck and got run over.

Freeway construction site accidents risk being at an all time high in Arizona in the coming years due to the increase in the number of freeway construction projects here. Increased freeway construction activity in Arizona may be attributed to the regional sales tax from Proposition 400, which provides funds for the state's improved freeway network. However, this increase in construction projects means the potential for more construction site accidents.

There are many reasons why these accidents can take place. The use of heavy machinery and equipment on a job site can cause dangers to workers who may be injured because of slip and fall accidents, falling equipment, flying debris, faulty scaffolding, auto accidents or defective/malfunctioning products.

If you have been injured in an Arizona freeway construction accident or have lost a loved one as a result of such an accident, please call the experienced Arizona construction accident lawyers at Breyer Law to find out how we can help you pursue your legal rights. Our experienced attorneys will take you through what can be a tough, confusing and complicated process and work hard to ensure that you receive fair compensation for your injuries and loss. Call us today at 480-753-4534 to schedule your free consultation.