California Machinery Accident Lawyers

The third leading cause of injury and death in the workplace is attributed to industrial accidents. Industrial machinery is comprised of moving parts which may include reciprocating arms, moving belts, rotating members, meshing gears, cutting teeth and any parts that impact or shear. Although nearly all machines include these hazardous mechanical motions and actions, many workers have not been properly protected from the dangers that the machines present. Contact with any moving machine parts may be extremely hazardous to workers, as they pose a threat of catastrophic injuries including amputations, crushed limbs, burns, electrocutions, traumatic head injuries, spinal cord injuries and eye injury or blindness.

Recent statistics have shown that mechanical equipment is involved in 80% of the fatalities. Below are some of alarming statistics regarding workplace injuries and fatalities:

  • An average of 16 workers died each day in workplace related accidents in America.
  • 8% of fatal occupational injuries in 2004 were caused by exposure to harmful substances.
  • There were 1,186 fatal construction accident occupational injuries in the private industry sector in 2005.
  • In 2004, there were 1,009 work places deaths occurring due to contact with objects and equipment.

Faulty equipment and unguarded or inadequately guarded machinery are the leading causes for industrial injuries in the United States. A majority of these injuries take place while cleaning or performing maintenance work when simple precautions have not been taken to ensure the safety of the workers, or when effective guarding of the machinery has not been given priority.

Death and catastrophic injuries occur far too often to workers even though many State and Federal regulations, as well as industry standards, require corporations, their executives, managers and plant supervisors to implement a wide variety of important safety measures. Unfortunately, there are times when injured workers have no recourse against their negligent employers, and although workers' compensation benefits assist employees after suffering injuries on the job, they are typically not sufficient to fully compensate injured workers for all damages sustained as a result of their machinery related accident.

If you have suffered a serious physical injury as the result of a machinery accident in California, please contact a Northern California machinery injury lawyer at Gillin, Jacobson, Ellis & Larsen to discuss your case and find out how we may be able to help you.

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California Machinery Accident Lawyers Disclaimer: The machinery accident, heavy machinery accident, construction accident, construction site accident, construction worker injury, personal injury, and/or other California legal information offered herein by Gillin, Jacobson, Ellis & Larsen, is not formal legal advice, nor is it the formation of an attorney client relationship. In order for our firm to be considered your attorney there must be a signed agreement between the client and the firm. Any results set forth herein are based solely upon the circumstances of that particular case and offer no promise or guarantee on the outcome of any other case. This site is not intended to solicit clients outside the State of California, although this firm does work with local counsel in other states.

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