New York State workers’ compensation laws protect all employees in the unfortunate event that they are injured on the job site. Construction workers are often at the highest risk to be injured while at work. Here are some helpful tips about avoiding construction accident injuries.
Avoiding Construction Accident Injuries | Staying Safe at a Job Site
As a construction worker, your obligation is simply to use the safety devices that are available to you. Sometimes when you do not do this and you are injured, it can be a hindrance in bringing a third-party claim. This will not necessarily eliminate such a claim, but your failure to use those safety devices can impede us from bringing a successful claim. Employers are the ones who are ultimately responsible for providing the proper safety devices. If you are not provided the proper safety devices, you will have a claim.
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Avoiding Construction Accident Injuries | New York Scaffold Law
Insurance companies always want to change the New York scaffold law, but this law serves an important purpose: it puts a non-delegable duty onto general contractors and owners of property when they are doing construction work to make sure that there are proper safety devices in place when people are working from certain heights.
Often when injuries happen because of an elevated-related work hazard, the injuries are severe and permanent. The state is putting the onus on the people who are in the best position to make sure that these safety standards and safety procedures are followed. The New York scaffold law in general says that the owner of a property or a general contractor has the non-delegable duty of ensuring that standards are met and procedures are obeyed. An owner or a contractor cannot pass that responsibility to somebody else; he or she must verify that there are proper safety devices in place to prevent injuries from an elevated-related work height.
If you want any more information about avoiding construction accident injuries, or if you are seeking compensation for an injury sustained on a job site, please contact our experienced Hamburg construction accident lawyers today to schedule a free consultation.