Scranton Construction Accident Lawyers - Wilkes Barre Workplace Injury Lawyers in Pennsylvania

Construction site accidents kill and injure hundreds of thousands of workers each year. Working at a construction site is one of the most dangerous occupations in the United States: construction accident statistics show that workers in the building industry are six times more likely to be involved in a fatal accident than in any other industry. Two people are killed every week in a building site accident and almost all of the incidents were foreseeable and preventable.

Employers have a legal duty to minimize the risk of injury by taking reasonable care for the health and safety of an employee. The general contractor, and all subcontractors, are required to provide a reasonably safe site, to warn of hazards inherent in the site and work, to hire careful employees, to coordinate job safety and to supervise compliance with safety specifications. An employer is required to provide competent co-workers, adequate materials and equipment, and a safe system of work with proper training and supervision.

When a construction site accident occurs, the owners, architects, insurance companies and manufacturers of equipment can be held responsible for inadequate safety provisions. O’Malley & Langan deals with a wide range of claims arising from negligence including but not limited to, accidents involving cranes, forklift trucks and dumpers, accidents arising from the use of scaffolding, ladders and machinery both in construction and demolition work. Defective or dangerous products may include the following: scaffolding, cranes, power tools, derricks, hoists, conveyors, woodworking tools, ladders, winches, trucks, graters, scrapers, tractors, bulldozers, forklifts, back hoes, heavy equipment, boilers, pressure vessels, gas detectors and other types of construction equipment.

To protect your legal right to compensation following a building site accident you should:

Enter the construction accident details in the employer’s accident book as soon as possible after the accident. Try to enter the details yourself, or insist on seeing any entry as it is being made.
Obtain and record the name, address and telephone number of any witnesses to the accident.
Take photographs of the location of the construction accident.
Write down all of the details of the accident as soon as possible including all events leading up to it.
Take photographs of the machinery, plant or vehicles involved in the accident.
Take photographs of any visible injury.
Visit a Panel doctor or, if his/her name is posted, your doctor to record your injury and symptoms.

Compensation that may be claimed includes pain and suffering, loss of past and future earnings, damage to property and possessions, prescriptions, medical fees and therapy, care and assistance for household chores, traveling expenses and adapted transportation.

Workers' Compensation
The workers' compensation law is designed to help injured workers as well as employers in dealing with the problems of health insurance. The Pennsylvania workers' compensation act provides benefits to workers who are injured on the job or suffer an occupational disease arising out of and in the course of employment. The benefits under workers' compensation include weekly payments based on a percentage of the employee's average weekly wage for temporary total disability, partial disability, permanent and total disability and permanent loss of function and disfigurement. Workers' compensation also covers medical expenses for treatment that is reasonable, necessary and related to the injury.

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O’Malley & Langan, P.C.
Constuction Accident Attorneys
Scranton - Wilkes Barre - Pennsylvania

O’Malley & Langan, P.C.
Scranton - Wilkes Barre - Pennsylvania
Construction Accident Lawyers

O’Malley & Langan, P.C. Constuction Accident Attorneys Scranton - Wilkes Barre - Pennsylvania

O’Malley & Langan, P.C. Scranton - Wilkes Barre - Pennsylvania Construction Accident Lawyers

O’Malley & Langan, P.C.
Constuction Accident Attorneys
Scranton - Wilkes Barre - Pennsylvania

O’Malley & Langan, P.C.
Scranton - Wilkes Barre - Pennsylvania
Construction Accident Lawyers