Workplace Injuries: What You Need to Know
When our team of lawyers look into workers’ compensation cases, they often find that the cause is a faulty industrial product. This means that something went wrong with the equipment or machinery at work, causing the accident. By figuring out these faulty products, we can make the companies that made them take responsibility, helping our clients get the money they need.
Industrial products include any tools, machines, or equipment used in manufacturing, farming, and construction. When a worker is injured or killed on the job, it’s really important to check the place they were working and the tools they were using. it’s
Issues with Industrial Machinery
- Missing Protection: Some machines don’t have the safety covers they should.
- No Safety Directions: Sometimes, the guides on how to stay safe aren’t shown or are missing.
- Not Fastened Right: Equipment might not be tied down or fixed in place correctly.
- Inadequate Training: Workers might not be trained well on how to use the equipment.
These issues can lead to severe injuries or even death. Our lawyers have represented many workers and their families in such cases.
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Wyatt P. Montgomery Principal Mobile, AL
Workplace-Related Injuries On The Rise
According to federal statistics, 2.8 million U.S. workers experienced nonfatal injuries and illnesses in 2022. Additionally, 5,486 workers died from workplace injuries, a 5.7% increase from the previous year.
State workers’ compensation systems often limit the ability to hold employers accountable. However, if a defective industrial product caused the injury, a product liability suit can be filed against the manufacturer.
Filing a lawsuit helps injured workers get compensation and makes workplaces safer. Lawsuits hold manufacturers, distributors, and others accountable for the safety of their products.
Evaluating Third-Party Claims
When examining workers’ compensation claims, it’s important to consider third-party claims. These can cover:
- Pain and suffering
- Mental anguish
- Loss of enjoyment
- Lost income
- Punitive damages
Spouses of injured workers can also file for loss of services or consortium claims, which are not covered under workers’ compensation programs.
Industrial Products That Cause Workplace Injuries
Industrial equipment can be quite dangerous, leading to serious injuries and even fatalities across various industries. Accidents involving heavy machinery often result in severe injuries like amputations, causing long-term pain and impacting one’s ability to work. It’s important to prioritize safety and proper training to prevent these tragic incidents.
- Manufacturing Equipment: For hardware and building materials, this means tools like saws, wood production equipment, block-cutting machines, and wire cutters. In metalworking, it involves laser cutting machines, screw presses, punching machines, and metal milling machines. Additionally, manufacturing equipment plays a crucial role in industries such as plastics, packaging, printing, textiles, and process automation systems.
- Farming Equipment: Defective design or implementation may result in malfunctions in farm equipment, affecting things like motors, tires, and moving parts. Large, heavy farm equipment may become deadly due to these defects, posing hazards such as rollover, crushing, or amputation as farmers lose control.
- Construction Equipment: Defective construction equipment can range from cranes to excavators to logging skidders.
The only way to minimize the long-term effects of your injuries so that you can provide for yourself and your family is to seek fair compensation for your injuries.
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