Electrician Working at Disney Complex in Florida Dies
An electrician working at Disney’s ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex in Florida died after being seriously injured while installing a temporary transformer. According to this article, the 50-year-old man of Davenport, FL was pronounced dead shortly after arriving at a hospital.
The man worked for Buena Vista Construction Company. Disney said he was installing the transformer to supply power to a tent that was under construction.
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration is investigating the wrongful death work accident.
According to Environmental Health and Safety Today, electrical fatalities were the second leading cause of on-the-job deaths from 2003-2007. Electrical fatalities involve workers coming in contact with wiring, transformers or other electrical components. This type of workplace accident seems to happen more often to an employee whose job routinely involves working with electrical components, such as an electrician or contractor.
The deceased worker’s family 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 dedicated PA workplace injury lawyers at Cherry, Fieger, & Marciano, LLP will do everything possible to get the monetary compensation that is owed to you to help pay medical bills, physical therapy, loss of work and more.
