Protecting the Rights of Excavation and Trenching Workers
According to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), excavating and trenching are among the most dangerous construction jobs. Heavy equipment, unstable surfaces and problems with the soil can create an extremely hazardous work environment.
Injured construction workers usually need an attorney's help to collect the full compensation they are entitled to receive. Queller, Fisher, Washor, Fuchs & Kool, L.L.P., has extensive experience representing construction workers and their families in injury and wrongful death claims.
Call Us to Learn How We Can Help
Our cases are taken on a contingency fee basis. If we accept your case, there is no fee unless we recover damages for you. For a free consultation with our New York personal injury attorneys, please call 877-394-1329 or contact us online.
Why Is Excavation So Dangerous?
Collapses and cave-ins are the most common source of excavation accidents. Improperly shored walls and sides of trenches can cause these accidents. Injuries can also be caused by:
- Loads falling on workers (we collected more than $10 million for a catastrophically injured client struck by a falling load while working in a trench)
- Working near traffic zones
- Falling through unguarded floor openings and holes
- Contact with power lines and underground utility lines
- Accidents with hydraulic excavators, backhoes, bulldozers or drilling equipment
Due to the nature of these accidents, workers often suffer catastrophic or fatal injuries. A fall can result in a brain injury, concussion, back injury, spinal injury or broken bones. Heavy equipment accidents may also cause those injuries, plus amputation, entrapment, suffocation and crush syndrome. Fires and explosions from power or natural gas lines can cause burns, electric shock or electrocution.
In the worst cases, injuries lead to wrongful death. If you lost a family member in a construction accident, we can seek additional damages for future financial needs.
Call a New York Excavation Accident Attorney
Contact the law firm that has the experience to fight the insurance companies and construction corporations for you. Please call 877-394-1329. Your consultation is free.
