Chicago Forklift Accident Lawyers

There are more than one million forklifts currently in operation. Forklifts are commonly used in warehouses, on construction sites, in big box stores, and in factories and other work environments. Carrying, lifting, and moving heavy materials, the use of this type of heavy machinery puts forklift operators, construction workers, and bystanders at risk.
Most accidents involving forklifts are preventable if operators are properly trained and all workers follow adequate safety procedures. When forklift accidents do occur, however, the consequences can be serious or even fatal for victims.
Despite strict regulations by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), preventable accidents involving forklifts occur all too often. Falls, crashes, tip-overs, struck-by accidents and other such incidents cause serious injuries to workers and other people in the vicinity of forklifts.

Some of the most common causes of forklift accidents include:

• Lack of training or operator error
• Driving with an elevated load
• Inadequate markings and warnings
• Insecure or unbalanced loads
• Mechanical failures
• Speeding

If you suffered forklift injuries on the job, you may have been told that filing a workers’ compensation claim is your only means of obtaining financial recovery. This may or may not be true. Depending on the cause of the lift truck accident, you may be able to hold the forklift operators, machinery manufacturers, construction site managers, or other parties liable for your losses. Given our vast experience in personal injury claims and workers’ comp claims, our injury lawyers may be able to identify available means of compensation that may be missed by a less experienced law firm.