Workplace accidents can be covered either under the workers compensation law or through personal injury litigation if the injury was caused by the negligence of a third party. Personal injury can cover a broad range of work injuries. It can include:

• Claims for car accidents,
• Wrongful death,
• Slip-and-fall accidents,
• Crane Accidents
• Forklift Accidents
• Scaffolding Collapses

Although the causes of injury may be different, all personal injury cases typically all have have one thing in common. The injured person has been hurt through the fault or negligence of someone else. Severe personal injury can be devastating for victims and their families, causing immense physical, emotional, and financial hardship. Those injured at the hands of someone else’s negligence have the right to seek financial restitution for their damages. When a serious work injury occurs on the job, there are additional layers of challenges to deal with as you look for all available types of compensation. There may be difficult or questionable issues involving negotiations with human resources departments and filing of workers’ compensation claims. There may be a third-party liability claim allowing for a personal injury lawsuit against someone other than the employer such as a manufacturer or a subcontractor.

American was founded and built with the hands, sweat, and blood of our workers. Many of these skilled workers worked in horrible conditions and at great physical and emotional costs. According to the Bureau of Labor and Statistics, there are about 18.5 million workers in the public sector who had over 800,000 illness or injuries that reported.  Furthermore, the reported continued saying that with almost 4 million non-fatal accidents at the work place it averages 4 out of 100 workers getting injured each year in the United States. Sadly, many workers die each year from work place accidents. In 2011, there were 4,609 fatal work accidents that occurred. Many workers know that they work in a very dangerous profession and face the risk of physical injury every day. Workplace accidents can occur in a broad variety of business industries and professions. However, many industrial workers, construction workers, and manufacturing workers seem to have the highest rates of injuries. This might be due to these professions use a lot of heavy equipment like forklifts and cranes while working. Common types of workplaces injuries include: