Work Site Accidents
In Oklahoma, it is your employers’ responsibility to ensure you have a safe working environment at your construction sites. Safety issues affect all facets of the construction workplace, from: scaffolding safety, ladder safety, prevention of falling objects, protection of construction workers on lifts, ladders and scaffolding to properly maintained heavy equipment and qualified operators of heavy equipment.
In some cases Workers Compensation will cover your minor construction accident injuries but this is not always the case. If you have been injured in a construction accident, it is possible that someone is liable for the damages and hardship you are now faced with.
Contact the Oklahoma personal injury lawyers at Atkins and Markoff to review your construction accident claim today. Please call us toll free of fill out our contact form.
Scaffolding and Ladder Accident Lawsuits Oklahoma
Construction sites have inherent risks especially when dealing with multi-level building due to the construction workers proximity from the ground. In order to safely work at these heights, proper safety measures must be taken when using ladders and scaffolding. Unfortunately, these scaffolding safety measures and ladder safety measures are not always enough to save a person from falling, sometimes resulting in serious injury or in worst cases, wrongful death. The most common type of construction accidents occur while working on lifts, scaffolding and ladders.
If you are an Oklahoma construction worker that was injured in a scaffolding accident or a fall from a ladder, or a lift accident you could be entitled to compensation. Although the accident may have been caused by a slip, many times poorly maintained equipment and defective equipment contribute to the construction site accident. You should not be burdened with the pain and financial burden due to the construction company, ladder or scaffold manufacturers’ negligence. Contact the personal injury law firm of Atkins and Markoff today. We will review your Oklahoma scaffold and Oklahoma ladder accident claim today. Please fill out our contact form or call us toll free.
Hit By Falling Objects on Construction Site Lawsuits
Oklahoma construction site accidents are no more common than construction accidents that occur throughout the United States. All of these accidents occur because construction sites have unforeseen dangers that even the most experienced construction worker can not anticipate.
Falling objects on construction sites are one such example of an unforeseen danger that can cause major personal injury due to the velocity they gain while falling. Obviously, the higher the fall the more harmful the falling object can be. From nuts and bolts, small tools all the way up to large construction site equipment, major injury can occur from a falling object.
The most common injury in falling object claims on construction sites are head injuries and broken bones. A traumatic brain injury, as well as a wrongful death, can occur from something as seemingly insignificant as a bolt.
If you or a loved one has been injured by a falling object on a construction site, you deserve compensation for the negligence that caused your injury. Please contact the Oklahoma personal injury lawyers of Atkins & Markoff to discuss your falling object claim today. Please call us toll free or fill out our contact form.
Unsafe Construction Equipment and Heavy Machinery
The everyday use of heavy machinery and equipment is routine on most Oklahoma construction sites. In order to operate heavy machinery and equipment construction workers must pass safety tests and abide to strict rules and regulations to ensure their safety and those around them while using these potentially deadly tools of the trade. Inherent in working with heavy equipment is the risk of injury, especially when construction companies do not provide the proper maintenance of equipment, qualified operators, or a safe working environment. Defective construction equipment and heavy machinery have the capability of crushing innocent victims, severing digits and limbs and in the most unfortunate cases of construction accidents due to defective or faulty machinery, wrongful death.
If you have been involved in a construction accident in Oklahoma while using defective equipment or due to an unqualified worker using the equipment, contact us to review your unsafe construction equipment and heavy machinery claim. Please call us toll free or fill out our contact form.