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Construction sites are full of hazards that can cause catastrophic injuries to workers, leaving them with permanent disabilities and an inability to work. Understanding the dangers construction sites pose and your rights as a worker is essential for seeking fair compensation for your injuries if an accident occurs.

If you sustained injuries on a Mississippi construction site, contact Derek Hall for a free consultation with an experienced and compassionate construction site injury lawyer.

Common Types of Construction Site Injuries

Construction site injuries can be severe, including broken bones, spinal cord damage, traumatic brain injuries, and fatalities. These injuries can significantly impact a worker’s ability to earn an income and affect their family relationships.

Some of the most common types of incidents leading to construction site injuries include:

Falls: When workers don’t wear fall arrest equipment or proper railings and other barriers aren’t erected around edges, falls can cause severe blunt force trauma that leaves workers with permanent injuries.

Electrocutions: Live wires and defective equipment may cause electrocution injuries, resulting in burns on the skin and damage to internal organs that may require surgery.

Struck by Objects: When an object, such as a construction vehicle or a falling tool, strikes a worker, it can cause severe trauma, including head injuries that leave them incapacitated.

Equipment Accidents: Workers may get limbs stuck in equipment, leading to crushing or amputation injuries. These injuries can significantly reduce their earning capacity, putting strain on their entire family.

Repetitive Strains: Not every construction site injury results from a one-time traumatic event. Many workers suffer from chronic pain due to repetitive strains caused by lifting heavy objects, impacting not only their work but also their daily life.

Causes and Risk Factors on Construction Sites

Several risk factors can increase the chance of a construction site accident occurring. These risk factors primarily fall into two categories: Unsafe practices and environmental hazards.

Unsafe construction site practices include workers not receiving adequate safety training, not being provided with protective equipment, and not being properly supervised. When a worksite injury occurs because of unsafe practices, it is often due to the employer’s negligence.

Environmental hazards include unstable scaffolding, exposed or live wires in close proximity to workers, falling debris and tools, and malfunctioning equipment. While employers may be responsible for some of these environmental hazards, other parties can also be to blame. Examples are subcontractors who failed to properly secure scaffolding or equipment manufacturers that sold defective products to the construction company.

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Who Is Liable for Construction Site Injuries?

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) provides workers with several key rights, including:

The right to receive proper construction workplace safety training

The right to refuse work if you would be exposed to a hazard

The right to receive and use safety equipment while working

The right to report an unsafe work practice and request an OSHA inspection

After a construction accident occurs, you should always report it to OSHA so it can investigate and prevent similar accidents from harming other workers. The findings of OSHA’s investigation may also strengthen your case against the at-fault parties.

Depending on who the at-fault parties are and whether you are an employee or an independent contractor, you may have different options for seeking compensation.

For example, employees are generally covered by their employer’s workers’ compensation insurance in exchange for not being able to sue their employer for work-related injuries. However, they can still file personal injury lawsuits against third parties, like subcontractors and equipment manufacturers, who contributed to their injuries.

On the other hand, workers’ compensation doesn’t cover independent contractors, so they must seek compensation through personal injury lawsuits. However, unlike employees, independent contractors can sue their employer directly.

Multiple parties may sometimes be liable for your damages following a construction accident. Holding each of these parties financially accountable for the harm they caused is the best way to maximize your recovery.

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Promoting Construction Site Safety

Employers have a legal and moral duty to keep their construction sites safe. Failing to do so will result in an OSHA investigation that may result in fines or the loss of the licenses required for them to perform work in Mississippi. Severe injuries can also ruin the lives of their workers and those workers’ families, which is an even more important reason for employers to keep worksites safe.

Steps employers should take to reduce the risk of construction site hazards include:

Proper Training: All workers on a construction site should receive proper training on the equipment they will be using, the safety equipment available, safety best practices, and how to report an incident.

Regular Inspections: Employers must conduct routine inspections of the construction site to identify and remedy any hazards they find. Proactive steps like this can prevent many accidents related to environmental hazards from occurring.

Enforcing Safety Standards: Workers must wear proper safety equipment and follow all safety rules when on a construction site, and it’s their employer’s job to make sure this is done. Employers should post reminders about safety around the site and prevent workers who fail to follow the rules from accessing the site so they don’t endanger themselves or others.

Contact Our Experienced Construction Injury Lawyers Now

After a construction site accident, it’s critical that you seek legal help as soon as possible. Under MS Code Section 15-1-49, the deadline for filing a personal injury lawsuit is three years. And under Section 71-3-35, injured employees only have two years to file a claim with the Workers’ Compensation Commission after reporting their injury to their employer within the first 30 days after the incident.

While this may sound like you have plenty of time, building a strong case can be a time-consuming process. Additionally, your lawyer must gather evidence supporting your case while it’s still available.

If you were injured in a construction accident, contact Derek Hall for a free consultation with a construction site injury attorney dedicated to seeking justice for injury victims. Derek Hall has been representing construction accident victims in Jackson, MS, for more than 30 years and works on a contingency fee basis. That means he never charges a fee unless he secures compensation for you.

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