Construction Accidents Resource Center

Construction Accidents are a constant risk for construction workers, due to the dangerous conditions they experience daily. Thousands of Construction Site Accidents occur every year, resulting in millions of dollars in lost wages, medical bills, rehabilitation, and property damages. Construction Accidents may result from errors in judgment, defective equipment, falling materials or machinery, chemical leaks or explosions, and electrical accidents.  These conditions may result in serious personal injury and wrongful death.  Despite the efforts of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and numerous laws aimed at protecting workers from Worksite Accidents, creating a perfectly safe worksite is a near impossibility. Because of this, Workers Compensation, a “no-fault” system, exists to provide fixed monetary benefits for those injured on the job. However, Workers Comp is not always enough to cover the high costs of a Construction Jobsite Accident. In these cases, there are several parties who may be at fault and found liable for damages in a Construction Accient, including owners, contactors, design engineers, and product manufacturers. 

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Construction Accidents Resource Center

• General Construction Site Accident Information · A guide to Construction Site Accidents and Injuries, including an overview of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), workplace safety, workers compensation laws, filing a construction accident lawsuit, and the statute of limitation in cases of construction accidents.
• Types of Construction Accidents · An overview of the types of Construction Site Accidents and their legal implications. The types include construction falls, welding accidents, scaffolding accidents, electrocution, and trench accidents, all of which are governed by different legal precedents.
• Employee Rights · A guide to employer obligations and the rights of employees on the job site, according to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and the United States Department of Labor.
• Liability · A guide to liability, fault, and negligence in Construction Accident Cases, including an overview of the parties who may be responsible for damages resulting from the accident.

• Piermont Iron Works v Evanston Insurance · These are the most pertinent facts. The case arises from a construction accident that befell Jay Jacobs, an employee of the subcontractor Piermount, on March 28, 2002.
• Mautz v JP Patti Company · This case involves interpretation of a contractual indemnification clause in an agreement between a general contractor and a subcontractor.

• The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health · The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) is the federal agency responsible for conducting research and making recommendations for the prevention of work-related injury and illness. NIOSH is part of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in the Department of Health and Human Services.
• U.S. Department of Labor · The Department of Labor fosters and promotes the welfare of the job seekers, wage earners, and retirees of the United States by improving their working conditions, advancing their opportunities for profitable employment, protecting their retirement and health care benefits, helping employers find workers, strengthening free collective bargaining, and tracking changes in employment, prices, and other national economic measurements.
• Occupational Health and Safety Administration · The mission of OSHA is to provide a safe and healthful working environment for working men and women.