NJ Public Works Employee Suffers Injuries Repairing Water Main
New Jersey Department of Public Works employee Jay Artale was injured while repairing a water main in Fairfield, NJ on October 29. An article on NJ.com reports that he sprained his neck and back and suffered bruises on his legs and arms when the walls of a hole caved in on him. A co-worker was also injured.
Construction sites are often associated with a higher amount of vulnerability as opposed to the environments of a common office or shop. The Bureau of Labor and Statistics reported 299 fatalities in 2008 that were caused by being caught in or compressed by objects. That same year, there were a total of 91 construction injuries in New Jersey, 15 of which were due to contact with an object or equipment.
If you or a loved one has been injured in a construction accident, an experienced work injury attorney would look at the specific conditions and factors that led to that injury. The Pennsylvania work injury lawyers at Cherry Fieger & Marciano, LLP have helped many workers pursue claims for injuries that left them with limited means to provide for families and make their own way along a future career path.
These experienced, aggressive Pennsylvania construction accident injuries attorneys have many decades of combined experienced helping injured workers and their families seek damages to help pay for construction accident injuries such as crushed limbs, back injuries, paralysis, electrocutions, broken bones, internal injuries, head injuries, severed limbs, chemical burns, and others.
They can advise clients on necessary parts of a workers’ compensation process, such as an independent medical review where the injured worker may be required to participate. Skilled legal teams can guide the work injury victim through the entire process of building and pursuing a case.
Call Cherry Fieger & Marciano, LLP today so they can help you find your way to a successful end to a PA work injury case.
