New York Construction Accident Lawyers

Each year, thousands of construction workers are either killed or injured in construction site accidents.

When these accidents occur, parties such as the owners, architects and equipment manufacturers may bear responsibility for your injuries. And because subcontractors are often involved in construction projects, third parties may also be responsible.

Smiley & Smiley LLP has experience handling the often complex legal issues involved in construction accidents. We can investigate and help determine the party or parties responsible for your construction site injury and represent your interests to see that you are justly compensated for your injuries.

If you have been injured on the job at a construction site, you may be entitled to bring a lawsuit for substantial damages– in addition to any workers' compensation benefits you may be receiving. Call Smiley & Smiley, LLP at 1.866.SMILEYLAW, toll-free, to begin protecting your rights and advising you right away.

Construction Accident Issues

Construction companies are required by law to inspect each work site to ensure worker safety.

The contractor and all subcontractors must provide a reasonably safe work environment as well as warn workers of hazards that are inherent in the site and nature of the work. They must also take reasonably adequate steps to hire careful employees, coordinate job safety and supervise compliance with safety specifications.

Construction equipment manufacturers also have a responsibility to design and maintain safe products intended for use at the work site. This responsibility includes preventing the use of defective or unreasonably dangerous products. Products like (but not limited to) scaffolding, power tools, cranes, derricks, hoists, conveyors, woodworking tools, ladders, winches, trucks, graters, scrapers, tractors, bulldozers, forklifts, boilers, pressure vessels and gas detectors.

If you have been injured on the job at a construction site you may be entitled to bring a lawsuit for substantial damages– in addition to any workers' compensation benefits you may be receiving. Contact Smiley & Smiley, LLP at 1.866.SMILEYLAW, toll-free, now to learn more about your rights.

Construction Accident Case Results

Examples of Results Obtained by Smiley Law in Construction Accident Cases

• $1.365 Million Settlement reached after the first week of trial on behalf of a 39-yr-old demolition foreman who was struck in the head by a falling piece of concrete. At the time of the accident our client was on the ground giving orders to his crew during a project to rehabilitate the Triborough Bridge. As a result of the blow, he was knocked unconscious and later suffered injuries to his head and back. We established that the owners of the site violated specific Labor Law statutes that require overhead protection to protect worker's from falling debris.

• $650,000 for a 50-year-old Bronx laborer who suffered severe shoulder and internal injuries when he was struck by a beam which was thrown over the side of the building he was working on. This case was based on a violation of a Labor Law statute requiring the use of chutes for removal of such material.

• $825,000 settlement for construction workers who, while working at an Amtrak railroad tunnel, suffered leg and back fractures when a scaffold they were working on gave way and caused them to fall.

If you have been injured on the job at a construction site you may be entitled to bring a lawsuit for substantial damages– in addition to any worker's compensation benefits you may be receiving. Contact Smiley & Smiley, LLP at 1.866.SMILEYLAW, toll-free, now to learn more about your rights.

Informative Links: Construction Accident

Construction accident-related links

Occupational Safety & Health Administration
http://www.osha.gov

OSHA Technical Links Pages
http://www.osha-slc.gov/doc/topics.html

AFL-CIO Safety and Health on the Job
http://www.aflcio.org

The Center to Protect Workers' Rights
http://www.cpwr.com

Construction Safety Council
http://www.buildsafe.org

National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/homepage.html