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South Florida Industrial Accident Lawyer, Florida Industrial Accident Attorneys

South Florida industrial accident lawyer David I. Fuchs has over 17 years of experience in successfully representing industrial accident victims, their families and friends who have sustained and suffered serious bodily injuries because of the negligence of an employer, manufacturer, co-worker or other third party.

Industrial and work place accidents are an extremely broad category covering everything from small spills in the workplace to huge disasters such as the Bhopal tragedy that killed thousands of people and forced the evacuation of hundreds of thousands. Industrial accidents can be placed into two categories. One being external accidents that affect the environment around the factory and the other being internal accidents that affect the people within the factory or worksite.

External industrial accidents can take the form of fires, chemical spills, discharges of toxic gases and radiation. These types of accidents can be huge disasters with effects that cross international boundaries. Causes of these industrial accidents include: organizational errors, human factors, component failures, deviation from normal operational conditions, software defects, outside interference and natural forces.

Internal industrial accidents can involve transmission machinery, metalworking machines, woodworking machines, agricultural machines, construction machinery and equipment, textile machines, tire-making machines, food-making machines, printing machines, lifting equipment, pressure vessels, furnaces, refrigerators, hand tools, ladders and scaffolding.

Worker's compensation laws generally protect the employer from lawsuits brought by injured workers, though in some cases where the employer is aware of unsafe conditions and fails to correct the problems there may be liability. The worker's compensation laws do not protect the makers of the machinery so product liability lawsuits may follow industrial accidents. Similarly, contracting companies that provide maintenance or training services may find themselves involved in lawsuits after an accident.

There are a just as many causes of industrial accidents as there are types of industrial accidents. The broad category of industrial accidents covers anything from small cuts and bruises to huge disasters that affect a large population of people. Approximately 120 million industrial accidents occur in the work place world wide each year. Approximately 210,000 of these accidents result in fatality. The industries which have the highest rate of accidents are the mining, construction, transportation, and agricultural industries. Construction accidents account for fifteen percent of all accidents and thirty percent of all fatalities in industrial work environments.

Causes of industrial accidents can be broken down into two broad categories: unsafe conditions and unsafe acts. The causes of industrial accidents that pertain to unsafe conditions can include insufficient workspace lighting, excessive noise, slippery or unsafe flooring, extreme temperature exposure, inadequate protection when working with machinery or hazardous materials, unstable structures, electrical problems, machine malfunction or failure, and more. The causes of industrial accidents that involve unsafe acts can include actions or failures to act which result in injury. This can be a result of employee negligence but employers, organizations, and product manufacturers can also be liable for the causes of industrial accidents.

Again, the causes of industrial accidents can occur in the environment around the workplace or within the work environment. External causes of industrial accidents may include fires, chemical spills, toxic gas emission or radiation. The causes of industrial accidents in these cases might include organizational errors, human factors, abnormal operational conditions, natural forces, software or component failures, and outside interference. Internal causes of industrial accidents can involve equipment or other work related tangibles, harmful materials, toxic chemicals, and human error.

There are several ways that a worker can be injured in the work environment. Injuries that result from the causes of industrial accidents can include any one or combination of the following occurrences: falls, being struck by objects in motion, slides and cave ins, structure collapse, being trapped in or by an object, overexertion or strenuous physical actions, exposure to temperature extremes, electrical accidents, radiation exposure, and the inhalation, ingestion, or absorption of harmful substances. These industrial accidents can result in a number of injuries including superficial injury, fractures, sprains and strains, amputation, concussion, internal injury, poisoning, infection, and death.

The causes of industrial accidents are numerous. There are several cases where employee negligence is a factor in industrial accidents. As mentioned, worker's compensation laws protect employers from lawsuits brought by injured employees. There are cases, however, where an employer can be held liable for worker injuries if they had knowledge of unsafe conditions and failed to act in order to prevent injury. As mentioned, injured workers may also be able to seek compensation for their injuries from the makers of faulty or dangerous industrial products. Victims of industrial accidents greatly benefit from consulting a personal injury lawyer who can advise them of their rights and options in a case.

South Florida industrial accident lawyer David I. Fuchs will represent you for injuries that include, but are not limited to:

I) Injuries requiring surgery, sutures, staples

2) Traumatic Brain Injury, including those caused by oxygen deprivation

3) Severe burns resulting in significant and permanent scarring

4) Mental anguish and emotional distress, death

5) Those injuries caused by a collision with a driver that is drunk, impaired or otherwise under the influence of narcotics or drugs.

After an industrial or work place accident it is imperative if at all possible to call the police to the accident scene to report the accident and seek immediate medical treatment. It is then important to seek legal counsel to protect your legal rights by calling Florida industrial accident lawyer David I. Fuchs who will take your call and speak with you immediately about your industrial accident. Florida industrial accident lawyer David I. Fuchs will then stand ready to fight for you to see that you get compensation for your pain and suffering, any lost wages and medical bills. 

Call South Florida industrial accident Attorney David I. Fuchs Toll Free at 800-570-2858 for a free consultation to discuss your industrial case. You may also write to South Florida industrial accident Attorney David I. Fuchs by filling out the form on the "Contact Us" page."

If you can not come to us South Florida industrial accident lawyer David I. Fuchs will send a representative to see you. We speak English and Spanish. Se habla ingles y espanol. 

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