Electrical burns make up 4% to 6.5% of all admissions to burn units in the United States and result in approximately 1,000 deaths (electrocutions) each year, most of them preventable. Electrical accidents and electrocution are one of the highest causes of death for workers in the construction industry. When a worker’s body or tool he [...]
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Construction is a dangerous industry, with high rates of fatal and nonfatal injuries. Each year, several thousand construction workers are killed and hundreds of thousands are injured in work-related accidents. The construction worker may be injured or killed during the construction (or demolition) of a singe family residence, a planned community, a strip mall, a [...]
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Posted in Employer's Liability on Feb 14th, 2009
Many accidents and injuries are caused by employees while they are on the job. If you have been seriously injured by an employee, it is often the case that the employee will not have the money, insurance, or other resources to pay for all of your injuries and associated expenses and damages. Therefore, in such [...]
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