Garbage Truck Worker Injured in Street Collapse
A garbage company worker was injured in Kenner, LA May 11 when a portion of a street collapsed, trapping the worker in soft mud in the bottom of the hole.
According to a news report, the garbage truck was on its regular morning pickup route when a section of the 200 block of 27th Street caved in. The incident occurred just north of Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport.
The truck fell back into the hole, trapping the unidentified worker between the truck and the mud. The worker was someone who empties garbage cans into a bin at the back of the truck.
A wrecker arrived and lifted the garbage truck, and five Kenner firefighters went into the cavity under the street and used hand shovels to dig out the trapped man.
The man was pulled out several minutes later and taken by ambulance to a hospital.
City officials are trying to determine what caused that portion of the residential street to collapse.
If the victim suffered any injuries, he would be well advised to contact an experienced workers’ compensation attorney who can carefully examine the incident to identify any negligence or wrongdoing. An experienced attorney would also look into a “third party claim.” These are claims that are filed against parties that are not the worker’s employer. It could be a contractor, a sub-contractor, or even the manufacturer of a defective product. If it is determined that one of those parties was responsible for the accident and any injuries, then they could be held liable.
Any worker who has sustained an injury arising out of and in the course of their employment has a potential workers’ compensation claim. The injury can occur while traveling on business, doing a work-related errand, attending a required business-related social function, or even while on a break or using restroom facilities and you are still legally covered by workers compensation.
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