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The National Institute for Occupational Health and Safety (NIOHS) lists construction as a high hazard occupation. During the period from 1980 through 1995, at least 17,000 construction workers died from injuries suffered on the job. The leading causes of death among construction workers are falls from elevations, motor vehicle crashes, electrocution, machines, and struck by falling objects.
Another government survey of the ten-year period from 1992-2002, lists more than 12,000 fatalities in the construction industry. The average cost per fatality was more than $865,000. Almost all the fatalities resulted from contact from objects and equipment, falls, exposure to harmful substances, and transportation accidents. |
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| The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reports that more than three fourths of all nonfatal workplace injuries/illnesses are attributed to contact with objects or equipment (e.g., being struck by a falling tool or caught in machinery), bodily reaction or exertion (e.g., a sprain or strain), and falls. |
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These accidents could be due to the fault of the driver, the other driver, or due to a faulty vehicle. The main causes for car accidents are reckless and negligent driving and alcohol. For example, 39 % of the car accident fatalities reported in 2005 were alcohol related.
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| The incidence rate of injuries and illnesses in the construction industry sector was 6.3 cases per 100 full-time workers in 2005. Specialty trade contractors defined as those establishments whose primary activity is performing specific functions involved in building construction, such as masonry, roofing, electrical, plumbing, and painting, accounted for the majority of both employment (64 percent) and of injury and illness cases (68 percent). Workers employed by foundation, structure, and building exterior contractors reported a high rate in 2005 at 8.5 cases per 100 workers, while there were 13.4 cases per 100 workers for framing contractors in 2005. |
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| The median number of days away from work for construction laborers due to injury was 8 days. Contact with objects and equipment—such as being struck by an object—was the leading cause of these injuries and illnesses. |
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Types of Injuries:
The U.S. Department of Labor defines a musculoskeletal disorder (MSD) as an injury or disorder of the muscles, nerves, tendons, joints, cartilage, or spinal discs. MSDs do not include disorders caused by slips, trips, falls, motor vehicle accidents, or similar accidents. In 2005, MSDs accounted for 375,540 cases, or 30 percent of the injuries and illnesses with days away from work. Of these cases, 35,900 were from construction and they averaged 10 days lost from work.
Musculoskeletal disorders (MSD) include cases where the nature of the injury or illness is sprains, strains, tears; back pain, hurt back; soreness, pain, hurt, except the back; carpal tunnel syndrome; hernia; or musculoskeletal system and connective tissue diseases and disorders, when the event or exposure leading to the injury or illness is bodily reaction/bending, climbing, crawling, reaching, twisting; overexertion; or repetition.
In 2005, there were 157,070 cases of non-fatal injuries and illnesses in construction industry that resulted in days lost at work. More than 60,000 were head, eye, neck, shoulder and back injuries. More than 1200 of the injuries resulted in amputation. Almost 22,000 accidents involved a fall to a lower level.
Construction companies must provide employees with a work environment free from recognized hazards. They have to comply with the health and safety standards issued under the OSHAct.
If you or a loved one have suffered an injury at a construction site, it is possible that there was negligence on the part of the construction company, contractor, architectural firm or engineering company that led to your injury. A defective or damaged piece of machinery could also have been the cause of your injury.
It is possible to sue a company if you are a victim of a construction site accident and recover monetary damages for your injury.
To find out what your rights are, under the law in your state, and if you have a case, contact InjuryLawLitigators.com for an attorney in your area who can help you. |
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