Construction Site Accidents are Preventable

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Construction Accidents & Labor Law

Each year, thousands of construction workers are injured or killed at New York construction sites. Although construction companies are required under New York labor laws to inspect each site with safety engineers and implement a wide variety of safety measures, construction workers still face a greater risk of work-related injury or fatality than employees in any other U.S. industry. New York labor laws were enacted to protect construction workers from work site-related accidents--and it’s for this reason that we believe most work site accidents are avoidable and that those not following laws to protect workers should be held accountable.

The Orange County Construction Accident attorney Pat Owen has the experience you need having represented workers injured in construction site accidents with results that keep counting.

Pat Owen handles the following construction site accident cases:

•Scaffolding Accidents

•Ladder Accidents

•Construction Site Falls

•Run-Over by Equipment

•Electrical Accidents Trench

•Collapses Fires and Explosions

•Trench Collapses

•Unsafe/ Dangerous Equipment Accidents

•Logging Accidents

•Brazing Accidents

•Cutting Accidents

•Elevator Accidents

•Structure Failure

•Building Collapse

•Supervisor Negligence

•Punch Press Malfunctions

•Fork Lift Accidents

•Dumpster Accidents

•Nail gun Accidents

•Compressor Accidents

•Exploding Compressor

•Gas Explosions

•Crane Accidents

A construction worker involved in a work-related accident will often have a claim against the general contractor and/or owner of the construction site pursuant to Sections 200, 240 and 241(6) of the New York State Labor Law.

Section 200 of the New York State Labor Law is the codification of the common law obligation to use reasonable care in the maintenance of a work site. New York Labor Law Section 240 contains special provisions for workers injured by or on scaffolds, ladders, hoists, stays, slings, hangers, pulleys, irons, ropes, blocks, braces and other similar devices. This section of the New York Labor Law, commonly known as the "Scaffolding Law," allows injured workers to bring lawsuits against a property owner or general contractor who violates this section, rendering them strictly liable for workers injured as a result of inadequate or missing safety equipment at elevated work sites, whether it be a fall from a height, or the result of a falling object.  Therefore, Labor Law Section 240 also protects workers from "falling objects" at a work site where an object falls and injures a worker due to a violation of the safety provisions of that section of law. In addition, Section 241(6) of the New York State Labor Law imposes a duty upon the general contractor and/or owner to comply with all provisions of the New York State Industrial Code. Architects, subcontractors and manufacturers of equipment may also be held responsible for inadequate safety precautions.

Contact Orange County NY Personal Injury Lawyer Patrick S. Owen, PLLC now to protect your right to just, adequate and complete compensation Tel. No.:  845-692-8000