At Sanders & Nettles, our Charleston South Carolina personal injury lawyers obtain excellent results for our seriously injured work injury clients. At our Columbia or Charleston office, our attorneys are dedicated to representing clients throughout the State of South Carolina who have suffered serious on the job injuries due to negligence. If you are a construction worker who has been injured while on the job, you should contact Sanders & Nettles immediately to ensure that you get the representation of experienced and knowledgeable lawyers. Call Sanders & Nettles today for a free consultation.
Each year in the United States laborers are killed or seriously injured while performing various jobs at construction sites. The Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that 1,126 employees in the construction industry died as the result of occupational accidents in 2003. This occurs even though many State and Federal regulations, as well as industry standards, require owners, general contractors and sub-contractors to implement a wide variety of safety measures.
Working on a construction site is one of the most dangerous jobs in the United States. Many innocent workers are seriously injured and killed in South Carolina construction site accidents each year. Approximately 40% of all construction site fatalities involve electrocution. Some other types of accidents and injuries that occur frequently on construction sites include:
- Compressed Gases Hazards
- Construction Site Falls
- Crane Accidents
- Dangerous and Defective Machines
- Explosions
- Logging Accidents
- Mechanical Hazards
- Nail Gun Accidents
- Scaffolding Accidents
- Welding, Cutting and Brazing Accidents
South Carolina construction site accidents cause more and more injuries and deaths each year. The Columbia SC construction site injury lawyers of Sanders & Nettles are experienced in handling these serious injury and wrongful death cases.
Although workers' compensation aids employees while injured on the job, it is usually not sufficient to fully compensate injured workers for all damages sustained as a result of their work-related accident. Owners of property, general contractors, sub-contractors, architects, even equipment manufactures may be held responsible when a construction site accident occurs. Additional damages that can be recovered in third-party lawsuits include pain and suffering, additional wage loss benefits, additional medical benefits and loss of consortium.