Chicago Construction Accident Attorney

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Your Legal Options After a Construction Accident

• Workers’ Compensation Claim

  In most cases, workers’compensation law in Illinois prohibits construction workers from suing their employers directly for workplace injuries that happen on a construction site. However, if you were working on the job site when your construction accident occurred, our Chicago workers’ compensation attorneys can help you recover money for your medical bills, lost wages, and disability by pursuing a workers’ compensation claim.

• Personal Injury Lawsuit

  Construction workers’ aren’t the only ones who get injured on a construction site. Sometimes, construction accidents injure passersby as well. If you were not a worker on the construction site when your construction accident happened, the construction company or property owner may still be liable for your injuries. Our personal injury lawyers can help you file a personal injury lawsuit against the negligent party to recover compensation for medical
  bills, lost wages, pain and suffering, and more.

• Third-Party Injury Lawsuit

  If a negligent third party who was not your employer, such as an equipment manufacturer, subcontractor, or motor vehicle driver, contributed to your construction accident, a Chicago construction accident attorney can help you file a third-party injury lawsuit to recover for your economic and non-economic losses.

OSHA’s Fatal Four Hazards in Construction

• Fall Accidents

  Thousands of construction workers suffer serious injuries in job site falls every year. Nationwide, falls are responsible for over 39% of workplace fatalities. Unprotected holes, rooftop worker falls, improperly constructed scaffolding, dangerous walkways, unsafe ladders, and missing or malfunctioning fall protection are common culprits in fall accidents in the construction industry.

• Electrocutions

  Electrocutions account for approximately 8% of construction accident deaths. Exposed wiring, unprotected outlets, damaged power cords, defective tools, overhead power lines, improper wiring, and missing ground-fault protection are electrical hazards that most often cause electrocution accidents on construction sites. This type of construction accident can result in severe burns, decreased mobility, pain, and death.

• Caught Between or Crushed by Objects

  Approximately 8% of construction worker deaths are caused when a worker is caught, crushed, compressed, pinched, or squeezed inbetween two or more objects. This kind of construction accident is common when heavy machinery pins a worker against a wall, a worker gets caught in the rotating or moving equipment parts of an unguarded machine, a trench caves in, or a structure collapses.

• Struck-By Accidents

  Struck-by accidents cause approximately 8% of construction worker deaths. Roughly 75% of these deaths in the construction industry involve heavy equipment such as forklift accidents, and accidents with cranes and large trucks. Struck-by accidents also occur when falling, swinging, rolling, or flying objects collide with a worker. Even when falling tools or debris are not particularly heavy, they can cause construction accident victims to suffer serious injuries or death.