Arizona Construction Accident Lawyer Blog

All construction companies in Phoenix, Arizona, and elsewhere in the country are required in comply with certain federal and safety standards that are designed to make construction sites safer for workers. When large companies, contractors or subcontractors do not comply with these mandatory safety standards, they can face significant penalties. But the more serious consequence of non-compliance is having an incident at a construction site that could result in serious personal injuries or death.

The federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), the agency that enforces safety laws at workplaces, has apparently increased the number of inspectors in some states to bolster construction site safety compliance, according to a news report.

OSHA has started a new program called the Severe Violators Inspection Program, which officials say, will focus more on large companies rather than small businesses that violate federal construction safety standards.

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Arizona construction accident attorneys understand that training is an extremely important part of any job. This is particularly true in the construction industry where workers deal with heavy equipment, machinery and material. Hundreds of construction workers in Phoenix and other cities are injured or killed because of falling objects. In most cases where workers are injured by falling objects, they suffer serious and debilitating injuries including head injuries, back and neck injuries, or even death.

A recent news report talks about a similar incident at a construction site where a worker was injured after 800 pounds of wood fell on top of him. The 25-year-old man who apparently worked for the construction company was putting together panels to pour a foundation in a basement when the walls collapsed. He was airlifted to a local hospital with serious injuries.

It is important for construction accident victims and their families to know and understand that a majority of construction accidents occur because of someone else's negligence or error. A worker injured at a construction site may be entitled to compensation from more than one source.

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Whether a construction operation is in Arizona or anywhere else across the country, when workers suffer injuries in avoidable accidents, construction accident lawyers must work to establish responsibility and show that lax safety standards resulted in unfortunate situations. Attorneys investigating job accidents find very often that these accidents are caused because of the negligence of a company or its subsidiaries. Arizona lawyers and public officials work to lay out a clear trail of causes leading to a safety related incident in that state.

Sometimes, it is not immediately clear what caused an accident; however, in many cases, professional construction accident attorneys can find a chain from cutting corners, shoddy construction or hurried work methods to an injury situation. That’s the case with incidents like the one from Kansas City. A recent report from an NBC online affiliate indicated that the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration fined a contractor over $14000 last week. The fine was levied for a March incident at a Weston, MO construction site, where a 28-year-old worker, according to the report, was killed while inspecting a boiler for proper welding. Though the report does not go into detail about the safety incident, it does refer to specific safety violations that led to the OSHA fines. The safety violations allegedly included scaffolding that was not properly set up for access to some parts of the job site.

When these kinds of concrete safety violations are present on a job site, Arizona construction accident lawyers do critical research to prove that negligence of some kind put the safety of workers at risk. Because of the contracting that goes on routinely in construction situations, as shown in the Missouri incident, it can be tough to establish clear responsibility for a job hazard.

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