It is the responsibility of all employers to supply a safe working environment for their employees. Various laws protect the rights of workers and sets standards for protection. If an employer has not corrected dangerous situations or prohibited injuries from occurring and an employee is seriously injured, the employee needs to immediately contact a lawyer who is experienced in construction injury law. Employers are to purchase a workers’ compensation insurance policy on their employees.
Many companies attempt their best to not allow claims to be paid out under this policy. The company’s concern is their insurance rates increasing instead of supplying the employee with the necessary medical payment and wages they deserve after being injured. For example, if a construction worker is working with less than adequate lighting during the night hours and cannot see a dangerous situation and becomes injured, the company could be held liable. If a construction worker is operating a piece of machinery that doesn’t have an adequate safety cage and the machine would roll, if serious injuries occur the company could be held liable.
Medical bills and wages should be paid under the company’s policy. If the employee was injured so severely that they cannot return to their previous job, they need to be compensated and protected through the construction injury law. Sorting out the pieces of who is responsible for the accident can be a complicated process. There may be a variety of reasons why the accident occurred. For example, an employee may not have been trained on the proper safety techniques. Improper training combined with a faulty machine could mean the employee’s company as well as the manufacturer of the machine are at fault. Only an experienced attorney who has the knowledge can sort through the evidence and decide if the employee has a case.
It’s important to contact an attorney very quickly after a construction accident. Valuable evidence can be tampered with or lost that could prove their case. An injured construction worker may suffer physically until they begin to heal but should not have to suffer financially. For more information on representation for a work related injury, check out Swartzculleton.com.
