Powers & Santola, LLP

Construction Accident Attorneys

Ladder and Scaffolding Falls • Defective Equipment Injuries

Construction workers are employed in a very hazardous line of work. Every year, more workers are killed and seriously injured on construction sites than in any other major industrial sector. To schedule a free initial consultation if you have been seriously injured or lost a loved one due to a construction site accidental death in upstate New York, contact the law offices of Powers & Santola .

Various laws have been passed to help protect construction workers from the dangers they must face each work day. Probably the most familiar to us is the Occupational Safety and Health Act, better known as OSHA.

Long before OSHA regulations were first enacted in this country, New York State was the nation's leader in work place safety practices, especially on construction sites. In fact, the federal government relied heavily upon New York's construction site safety regulations in the creation of the OSHA requirements that apply to construction activities. However, New York State's safe place to work statutes, go much urther than the OSHA regulations in protecting construction workers.

The New York Labor Law not only requires that safety practices be followed at the job site, they also provide a remedy for injured workers and their families should injuries be caused by a violation of the safety rules. This obligation to fully compensate the worker for all damages and expenses caused by the accident is placed upon all owners of the property where the work is taking place, as well as upon all general and subcontractors, or their agents, who are involved in the project.

The right to receive full compensation in such cases is in addition to any benefits that the worker is normally entitled to under Workers' Compensation laws. It is imperative that injured workers, their lawyers, and judges involved in the case review these statutes when analyzing any work site accident.

Contact a New York construction site accident lawyer to discuss your or your family member's workplace injury caused by defective ladders or scaffolds, a forklift or crane accident, a roof fall, or an amputation, burn, or loss of sight caused by power tools or heavy equipment.

The following links provide information that will assist in reviewing what the injured worker's rights are for accidents occurring in New York state.

New York Labor Law - An Overview

Road Map To A Safer Place to Work

SUMMARY JUDGMENT MOTIONS UNDER THE LABOR LAW

Section 240(1) Labor Law made clear by Rupert Blake v. Neighborhood Housing Services of New York City, Inc.