New Haven Construction Accident Lawyers
Construction sites are inherently dangerous. While most contractors and construction companies work hard to protect workers and work sites, it only takes one mistake to lead to a serious construction accident. If you or someone in your family was hurt in a job site injury, an experienced construction accident attorney can help you maximize the compensation to which you are entitled.
At Williams, Walsh & O'Connor, LLC, in the New Haven area, we not only know construction law, but we also understand how construction accidents can affect injured workers and their families throughout Connecticut. Some of our construction accident lawyers have received AV Preeminent or Distinguished ratings by Martindale-Hubbell’s peer review rating system.* All are licensed to practice in all Connecticut state and federal courts, including the U.S. Court of Appeals. For a free consultation, call 203-896-4631 today.
Common Construction Site Accidents
Our firm represents clients in a range of construction accident cases, including those involving:
Scaffolding Collapses
Scaffolding accidents and falls from heights such as roofs under construction are nearly always avoidable. Safety regulations instruct construction contractors and management in ways to prevent tragic injuries. The risks of working on elevated surfaces such as roofs, scaffolds, and cherry pickers are easily recognized.
Industrial Machine Accidents
Engineers and industrial plant managers are well aware of ways to protect workers from injury or death around heavy machinery. Safeguards such as emergency stop switches, industrial floor mats, industrial safety gates, presence-sensing devices, and other well-known protective mechanisms are familiar to people who design and supervise industrial workplaces. We represent clients suffering from any injury associated with an industrial machine, such as drills, lathes, grinders, band saws, punching machines and shearing machines.
Construction Equipment Accidents
The equipment used on-site can cause serious and often fatal injuries if it is not properly maintained and operated. Construction equipment accident claims include incidents involving crane accidents, forklift accidents, hydraulic jack accidents, backhoe accidents, front-end loader accidents, scissor lift accidents, boom accidents, and masonry machinery accidents.
Falls From Heights
One of the most common construction accidents involves falls from heights. Construction companies, contractors, and developers are legally obligated to follow certain safety laws and regulations to prevent these types of accidents. Fall injury cases involve ladders, scaffolding, roofs, nonmoving vehicles, bridges, girders, stairs, skylights, and openings in the floor.
Site Debris Accidents
Construction sites are often littered with debris, which presents serious dangers to workers. Employers are obligated to provide a reasonably safe working environment. Site debris accidents include incidents where workers are hurt by falling debris, such as falling beams from cranes, or trip and fall on debris at the construction site.
Machinery Accidents
Heavy machinery such as forklifts and cranes is common at construction sites. This equipment is usually large and powerful, offering limited visibility, which can contribute to accidents. Machinery accident cases involve: forklifts, cranes, bulldozers, bobcats, graders, loaders, backhoes, dump trucks, and power tools.
Common Construction Site Injuries
While the mechanisms for injury can be very different – falls from heights, malfunctioning machinery, lack of safeguards – the injuries on construction sites are not all that different. Injuries from the above accidents are extremely common on job sites and include:
- Broken bones: While relatively simple to treat, they are painful and debilitating, keeping you off your feet and out of work for extensive periods of time.
- Amputations: Losing a limb or any appendage changes your ability to work permanently. Often, amputations are a result of crushing injuries that destroy limbs.
- Traumatic brain injury: Your brain is the most important part of your body, and injuries there can lead to long-lasting loss of intellectual ability and your capability to take care of yourself.
- Spinal cord injuries: Damage to the spinal cord or nervous system leads to paralysis and long-term recovery.
These injuries are painful and expensive, and you deserve the attentive, compassionate, and aggressive attention of our lawyers to get the compensation you need.
Who Can Be Held Liable For A Construction Accident In Connecticut?
Numerous state and federal safety laws and regulations have been enacted to protect construction workers. By law, construction companies, contractors and developers have a duty to provide effective safety training and ensure that protocol is followed at all times. When a worker suffers serious, or even fatal, personal injuries at the work site, the construction company, contractor and/or developer may be held responsible.
As your attorneys, we will thoroughly investigate the cause of your injury. When appropriate, we will consult with construction experts to determine what actually occurred, as well as who is ultimately liable for your losses. Rest assured we will leave no stone unturned in investigating and building your case.
Contact Our Connecticut Construction Injury Lawyers
To learn how we can help you with a construction accident claim, contact us online or call 203-896-4631 for a free consultation. Our office is near New Haven, in proximity to I-91, I-95 and I-84. Evening and weekend appointments are available for your convenience.
We handle construction accident cases on a contingency fee basis. That means we don’t get paid until you do.
*AV®, AV Preeminent®, Martindale-Hubbell Distinguished and Martindale-Hubbell Notable are certification marks used under license in accordance with the Martindale-Hubbell certification procedures, standards and policies. Martindale-Hubbell® is the facilitator of a peer-review rating process. Ratings reflect the anonymous opinions of members of the bar and the judiciary. Martindale-Hubbell® Peer Review Ratings™ fall into two categories – legal ability and general ethical standards.