Everyone at a construction site must be conscious of their own and others safety. However,construction is a business that needs to make a profit to continue. So builders cut corners, owners and contractors rush work, they hire less then properly skilled laborers, co -workers get lazy and materials can be too cheap or defective. It is because of these problems that construction accidents occur much too often. When a construction worker gets hurt at the job it usually is a serious personal injury that is disabling. Usually this means a family has lost its income. Zwiebel and Fairbanks stands ready and able, as we have in the past, to help construction workers and their families when a job-site accident results in a disabling personal injury.

Construction accidents are studied by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), which also issues work-site safety rules. While OSHA does its best to prevent accidents, there are so many work sites that construction accidents still occur at one of the highest rates of any major sector of the economy.

When a construction related worker is involved in an accident due to negligence in the operation on heavy equipment, from a moveable scaffold, from debris, or a faulty crane, we will investigate the cause and take the necessary action to protect their rights and to make the appropriate claims. Workers injured on the job not only face the pain and suffering of their injuries, they must deal with the possibility that it is often a disabling catastrophic injury, which can alter their future and that of their families. Just such a circumstance existed for Ed Weig. Ed was working construction at JFK Airport when he stepped back and fell into an uncovered and unguarded hole. His personal injury was so severe that it ended his career in construction work. However, Jonathan Fairbanks took on his case with his usual great intensity, found a very knowledgeable construction site expert, and was able to force settlement of the case before trial for $1.25 million. Now Mr. Weig can concentrate on getting himself into the best shape possible and be assured that his family will be financially secure, with the resources to learn a new trade that he can do in spite of his disability.

If you or a family member has been injured on a job site it is important to understand who and what caused the accident. Accident don’t just happen, but when they do you will need the help of Zwiebel and Fairbanks, the “RIGHT LAWYERS” for people who are injured on construction job sites.

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