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Construction Accidents

A fall from a scaffold. A crane load that dropped. A trench that caved in. One moment on a job site can end a career, change a family forever, or take a life.

Construction is one of the most dangerous industries in America. OSHA’s “Focus Four” hazards (falls, struck-by incidents, caught-in or caught-between incidents, and electrocution) cause most construction worker deaths. We handle all of them and more.

In many job-related accidents, workers’ compensation will be the only way to collect benefits for your losses. However, in the case of many construction site accidents, there is a drastically increased chance that the negligence of someone other than your employer or a co-worker was responsible for the injury. In those cases, you’ll have the right to pursue a claim for personal injury damages in addition to your workers’ comp benefits. Clark | von Plonski | Anderson can successfully represent you if you have been wrongly harmed on the job in a construction site accident.

If you or someone you love was catastrophically injured or killed in a construction accident, you need a Texas construction accident lawyer who prepares every case for trial from day one. At Clark | von Plonski | Anderson, we go after the contractors, owners, and manufacturers who put profits ahead of safety, and we make their insurance companies answer for it.

FALLS FROM HEIGHTS, SCAFFOLDS, AND LADDERS

Falls are the leading cause of death in construction. Missing guardrails, unsecured scaffolds, defective ladders, open floor holes, and missing fall protection are all preventable. A scaffolding fall lawyer can prove who was responsible for keeping you safe.

CRANE AND RIGGING ACCIDENTS

Crane collapses, dropped loads, boom failures, and rigging errors cause devastating injuries. We recovered $7,350,000 for a worker partially paralyzed during wind farm crane operations. A crane accident lawyer must move fast to secure inspection logs, load charts, and operator records.

STRUCK-BY AND FALLING EQUIPMENT

Workers are hit by falling tools, materials, and machinery every day. Our firm recovered $7,000,000 for the family of a construction worker crushed by a falling piece of equipment.

CAUGHT-IN, CAUGHT-BETWEEN, AND CRUSH INJURIES
Unguarded machinery, shifting loads, and moving equipment can pin and crush workers in seconds.
TRENCH AND EXCAVATION COLLAPSES
A cubic yard of soil can weigh as much as a car. Trenches without proper shoring, sloping, or trench boxes turn into graves. A trench collapse attorney can show exactly which safety rules were ignored.
ELECTROCUTION AND BURNS
Contact with overhead power lines, exposed wiring, and improperly grounded equipment causes electrocution injuries, cardiac arrest, and severe burns.
HEAVY EQUIPMENT AND VEHICLE ACCIDENTS
Forklifts, excavators, bulldozers, dump trucks, and backing vehicles injure workers when operators are untrained or when spotters and backup alarms are missing.
EXPLOSIONS AND FIRES
Gas leaks, welding near flammable materials, and pressurized equipment failures can cause catastrophic burns and deaths.
WINDFARM, OILFIELD, AND INDUSTRIAL CONSTRUCTION
Texas leads the nation in wind power and oil production, and building that infrastructure is dangerous work. We represent workers hurt building and maintaining wind turbines, refineries, plants, and well sites. See our Oilfield Injuries and Mining Injuries pages.
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