PROTECTING CONSTRUCTION WORKERS  Construction workers who build our houses, commercial buildings, roads and bridges risk their lives every day.  They are constantly subjected to the  risk of serious injury or death  while working to provide for their families.  Many of them are injured in construction site accidents involving falls from ladders and scaffolds, trench cave-ins, being hit by objects falling from above, and insufficient safety  equipment.   These men and women earn a good living,  and are hard-working, productive members of society.  Unfortunately, many of them end up severely injured and unable to return to work because of safety violations at the work site.  This is because many contractors and owners of construction sites are more concerned with how quickly and cheaply they can complete a project, rather than how safely they can complete it.  The New York State Legislature has long recognized that construction site accidents pose an ongoing and significant danger to New York construction workers, and has protected those workers under the New York Labor Law.  In addition to mandating safety standards and equipment on work sites, the Labor Law also gives rights to workers who were injured when the law is violated by the contractors and work site owners.  These laws appropriately place the burden of making sure the safety laws are complied with on the owners and contractors.  This makes sense, because the ability to make a workplace safe lies with them, rather than with the men and women bending their backs to make a living.  Simply put,  if owners and contractors take the time to make worksites safe, they will be safe.  If they don’t, they won’t.  Construction workers injured on the job can collect worker’s compensation benefits, and they can also bring a claim against the owners and contractors if  they violated the Labor Law.  Injured workers who are successful on those claims stop receiving workers compensation benefits, but get substantially more money from the responsible company.  The upside of all of this is that because of the Labor Law, worker’s compensation insurance companies save a lot of money, and injured workers are not required to go on Social Security disability or welfare, thereby saving the taxpayers a lot of money.  This is a win-win situation for everyone, except those site owners and contractors who choose to run unsafe worksites in order to increase their profits.  If you are a construction worker who was seriously injured at work, the best way to preserve your rights is to contact an attorney at once who is intimately familiar with the Labor Law and these types of cases.

 


Q: What protection does the law provide New York construction workers who are injured on the job?

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PROTECTING CONSTRUCTION WORKERS

 Construction workers who build our houses, commercial buildings, roads and bridges risk their lives every day.  They are constantly subjected to the  risk of serious injury or death  while working to provide for their families.  Many of them are injured in construction site accidents involving falls from ladders and scaffolds, trench cave-ins, being hit by objects falling from above, and insufficient safety  equipment. 
 These men and women earn a good living,  and are hard-working, productive members of society.  Unfortunately, many of them end up severely injured and unable to return to work because of safety violations at the work site.  This is because many contractors and owners of construction sites are more concerned with how quickly and cheaply they can complete a project, rather than how safely they can complete it.
 The New York State Legislature has long recognized that construction site accidents pose an ongoing and significant danger to New York construction workers, and has protected those workers under the New York Labor Law.  In addition to mandating safety standards and equipment on work sites, the Labor Law also gives rights to workers who were injured when the law is violated by the contractors and work site owners.  These laws appropriately place the burden of making sure the safety laws are complied with on the owners and contractors.  This makes sense, because the ability to make a workplace safe lies with them, rather than with the men and women bending their backs to make a living.  Simply put,  if owners and contractors take the time to make worksites safe, they will be safe.  If they don’t, they won’t.
 Construction workers injured on the job can collect worker’s compensation benefits, and they can also bring a claim against the owners and contractors if  they violated the Labor Law.  Injured workers who are successful on those claims stop receiving workers compensation benefits, but get substantially more money from the responsible company.  The upside of all of this is that because of the Labor Law, worker’s compensation insurance companies save a lot of money, and injured workers are not required to go on Social Security disability or welfare, thereby saving the taxpayers a lot of money.  This is a win-win situation for everyone, except those site owners and contractors who choose to run unsafe worksites in order to increase their profits.
 If you are a construction worker who was seriously injured at work, the best way to preserve your rights is to contact an attorney at once who is intimately familiar with the Labor Law and these types of cases.


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