Areas: Personal Injury & Wrongful Death | Industrial & Scaffolding Accidents | Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy

INDUSTRIAL & SCAFFOLDING ACCIDENTS

     Accidents commonly occur at construction sites, factories, and in other industrial settings. Examples of construction site hazards that result in death or serious and permanent injuries include:

• Falls from scaffolding, cranes and ladders
• Elevator, stairway accidents and forklift injuries.
• Carbon monoxide, radiation and toxic chemical exposure.
• Flammable, combustible materials, fires, and explosions.
• Electrocution and burn injuries.
• Defective machinery and tools.
• Falling items from scaffolding, cranes, and ladders.

     New York labor laws protect workers injured on a construction job site. Third parties, including property owners, general contractors, subcontractors, architects, and manufacturers may be liable for an injury or death when an accident occurs on the job. The law makes the general contractor and property owner responsible for site safety. Worker negligence is not a defense to liability and labor laws give the injured worker a separate and distinct cause of action apart from his or her worker's compensation claim.
     At Bornstein & Emanuel, P.C. we understand the scaffolding and labor laws and help innocent workers, victims and families in New York who have been injured due to the negligence of others.

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