Milwaukee Construction Accident Attorney
Injuries from construction sites are usually the most serious injury cases we encounter. Every year there are thousands of construction accidents that cause serious injury and death. Legally, construction companies are required to provide safety programs and formally inspect work sites with a safety engineer, but, unfortunately, accidents still occur resulting from the inadequacy of these provisions. The site owners, architects, insurance companies and manufacturers of equipment can all be held responsible for inadequate safety provisions when a construction site accident occurs. In addition, the general contractor and all subcontractors are also required to provide a reasonably safe site, to warn of hazards, to hire careful employees, to coordinate job safety and to supervise safety compliance. In spite of all of these precautions, construction sites are still danger areas and, as a result, construction accidents happen daily.Most serious injuries result form a fall from heights. However, even a trip over steel cabling or operating a fork lift can result in serious injury. Common construction site injuries include:
- Broken and/or fractured bones (arm, neck, leg, back)
- Traumatic brain injury
- Spinal Cord Injury
- Electrocution
- Quadriplegia
- Paraplegia
- Death
