Recent Posts in Construction Accident Category
Posted on Feb 5, 2013 By Arnold & Itkin
A jury has awarded $109 million to the family of a woman who was killed by a power line that fell in her back yard. The woman burned for 20 minutes as her family watched, helplessly, waiting for the ...
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Posted on Aug 2, 2012 By Arnold & Itkin LLP
Construction workers face numerous on-the-job hazards, and, unfortunately, industry employees suffer numerous serious injuries or fatalities each year. Some of the most common construction accidents ...
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Posted on Apr 10, 2012 By Industrial Accident Attorney
During a recent subway line extension project, a crane collapsed on top of construction laborers working below. One of the workers was killed and four others were injured in the accident. Allegedly, ...
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Posted on Feb 21, 2012 By Industrial Injury Lawyer
An accident took place on Manhattan's Upper East Side when a crane collapsed at a construction site. The owner of the crane rig is being charged with man slaughter because he was allegedly ...
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Posted on Feb 15, 2012 By Industrial Injury Lawyer
A construction worker was injured this past Monday in an industrial accident at Harford Community College. A fire company was dispatched to the scene around 3:30 in the afternoon and transported the ...
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Posted on Feb 8, 2012 By Industrial Injury Lawyer
Cranes are of vital importance to many industries, particularly offshore work, transport operations, and construction businesses. Widely publicized crane accidents in Houston, Miami, Las Vegas and New ...
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Posted on Feb 6, 2012 By Industrial Injury Lawyer
Today in Philadelphia, a construction lift was being used to complete façade work on a church building when it fell over, injuring one of the construction workers. The building was Basilica ...
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