Construction Accident,In the News,Personal Injury,Work Injury,Workers' Compensation,Wrongful Death - October 22, 2014

Thousands of construction workers suffer injuries on the job every year in the United States. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, a large number of these are fatal. In 2013, there were a staggering 4,405 fatal work injuries recorded for U.S. workers, a large number of which took place at construction sites. While the…

Construction Accident,In the News,Personal Injury,Work Injury,Workers' Compensation,Wrongful Death - October 1, 2014

According to the Occupational Safety & Health Administration, 3,929 construction workers died on the job in 2013. Two hazards were responsible for approximately 50 percent of all those deaths. OSHA explains that falls accounted for 294, or 36.9 percent, of the fatalities. The second most common cause of accident was “struck by object” incidents, which…