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Workplace Injury Lawyer

Workplace hazards are responsible for the disability and death of thousands of working men and women each year. Equipment failure, toxic exposure, defective products, or failure to provide safe working conditions can lead to injuries, amputations, and death.

2007 Workplace Fatalities

  • Pennsylvania: 220 fatalities
  • Ohio: 164 fatalities
  • Michigan: 120 fatalities
  • West Virginia: 61 fatalities

Since it's inception in 1971, OSHA has reduced the number of workplace accidents 60%. However, there were still more than 5000 people fatally injured in occupational injuries nationally in 2007 alone 1.

Accidents on construction and industrial sites are not just a "risk of the job." If you have been hurt while correctly performing your job, you may be entitled to compensation for your injuries.

Injuries at work may result from innumerable situations, but there are some common types of injuries our occupational injury lawyers see more often:

  • Falls from heights such as ladders or scaffolding failure injuries.
  • Ditch or trench collapse accidents.
  • Crushing or amputation injuries.
  • Electrical shock injuries.
  • Failure to provide proper protective equipment such as boots, helments, eye protection, and safety harnesses.
  • Repetitive motion injuries .
  • Forklift injuries; many forklift injuries are the result of improper training. There are around 100 Forklift fatalies each year and some 95,000 injuries.

Work injuries vary greatly, but often physical injuries at the workplace affect the back, neck, and shoulder.

Footnotes
  1. State Occupational Injuries, Illnesses, and Fatalities. http://www.bls.gov/iif/oshstate.htm

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