Kansas Construction Accident Lawyers

Construction accidents can happen at any time, even in the most protected construction site areas. Employers are liable for any injury incurred by a construction worker while working on the employer’s construction site. Bystanders have the right to seek compensation from any party who was involved in their injury. Construction sites, no matter how many safety precautions are in place, are still extremely dangerous.

Construction accidents can range from any number of things such as being hurt while on the job, equipment injury, falling debris or any other occurrence. Construction sites are usually littered with equipment such as:

• Compactors
• Cranes
• Dozers
• Drill Rigs
• Delivery Trucks
• Dump Trucks
• Excavators
• Forklifts
• Gradalls
• Graders
• Loaders
• Personnel Lifts
• R.T. Backhoes
• Scrapers
• Skid Steers
• Tractors
• Wood Chippers

These machines are oversized and very dangerous to anyone, including the most skilled operator. If you suffer an injury caused by any type of construction equipment, the results are usually catastrophic because of their size and their specialized operation.

The OSHA (Occupations Safety and Health Administration) assumes that there will be over 1,000 construction workers that will suffer a job-related fatality this year. This does not include the thousands of others who will suffer substantial physical injuries which could have been avoided. Accidents still occur even though construction workers are skilled laborers who are trained in basic safety. Just a few of the reasons some of these accidents will occur may be due to:

• working with faulty materials
• inferior tools and equipment
• malfunctioning machinery
• negligence

If you have been injured in a construction accident, either as a construction site worker/employee, or as an innocent bystander, you have the right to seek legal counsel and hold any negligent parties responsible for you injuries. Please contact one of the skilled and experienced Kansas construction site accident lawyers at Prochaska, Giroux & Howell for your free consultation.