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Death and Construction Accidents



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Thousands of construction workers suffer severe injury and even death every year that otherwise may have been preventable. The United States Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics reports that 1,226 construction workers died as a result of some form of negligence in 2006.


According to Hurt, Crosbie & May lawyer, Scott Crosbie, who previously served as General Counsel to the Kentucky Occupational Safety and Health Administration, "These trends continue to demonstrate that private industry has failed to implement necessary safety precautions to protect workers and innocent bystanders." Attorney Crosbie believes that more should be done at the federal and state level to emphasize safety at work sites.


Construction AccidentThis fatality rate is the highest in the private industry sector of labor. Accidents have been rising approximately 6 percent since 2005. Occupational injuries are sorted and statistically calculated in to four categories - highway incidents, struck by an object, homicides, and falls. Mentioned specifically are the roofing and building contractors who possess the highest accident rate of all labor workers. However, those deaths related to heavy and civil engineering construction greatly decreased in 2006.


Additionally, construction accidents were 32.3 percent higher than the industry with the second highest fatalities, transportation and warehousing. Construction and extraction occupations coupled with transportation and material moving occupations totaled 48 percent in 2006, almost half of all the occupational injuries that occurred.



Some of the most common types of construction accidents include:

Construction Site Falls
Crane Accidents
Scaffolding Accidents
Run-Over by Operating Equipment
Electrical Accidents
Trench Collapses
Fires and Explosions
Welding Accidents
Unsafe/ Dangerous Equipment Accidents
Logging Accidents
Brazing Accidents
Cutting Accidents
Elevator Accidents
Structure Failure
Building Collapse
Supervisor Negligence
Punch Press Malfunctions
Fork Lift Accidents
Dumpster Accidents
Nailgun Accidents
Compressor Accidents
Exploding Compressor
Gas Explosions


Each of these mishaps can be equally tragic and equally deadly, and each of these accidents can be completely avoided through effective safety measures. If you have been injured at a construction site and would like to seek a free and confidential evaluation of your claim, please contact the lawyers of Hurt, Crosbie and May.




Hurt, Crosbie & May serves clients in Kentucky, including the following areas:
Cities: Lexington, Nicholasville, Georgetown, Richmond, Winchester, Louisville, Frankfort, Lawrenceburg, Cynthiana, Mt. Sterling, Versailles, Paris, Stanton, Harrodsburg, Clay City, Wilmore, Berea.

Counties: Fayette, Jessamine, Scott, Jefferson, Madison, Franklin, Woodford, Shelby, Anderson, Clark, Mercer, Powell, Garrard, Bourbon, Montgomery, Spencer, Estill.

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