OSHA Investigates Connecticut Contractor’s Death, As Personal Injury Lawyer Continues To Urge Regulators To Revise Safety Regulations

July 28, 2016 – – LipsigLawyers.com reports on a statement released by the Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA) regarding the unexpected death of a construction contractor in Wilton, CT. As reported by TheHour.com, OSHA has stated that its investigation into the contractor’s death on June 9th, who suffered injuries related to electrocution, could take a significant amount of time to complete. The agency in its public statement announced that it was still compiling the facts of the case, and due to the time involved in some components of the autopsy report, the cause of death could not be released for up to 6 to 8 weeks.

As per OSHA, death by electrocution is the 2nd leading cause of construction worker fatalities in America. The agency stated that in 2014, over 8 percent of construction worker fatalities can be attributed to electrocution, which equates to 74 fatalities.

OSHA is a federal regulatory agency with a mission to ensure the health and safety of over 130 million workers all across the United States working at 8 million various job sites. Given the breadth of workers and sites to oversee, its task is monumental given that there are only 10 regional offices and 90 locally-based offices encompassing 2,200 safety inspectors. The agency is understaffed since each inspector is responsible for over 59,000 workers.

Attorney Thomas Moverman of Lipsig, Shapey, Manus, & Moverman commented on his concern that OSHA is understaffed and stated that there is a need for more manpower to achieve the agency’s mission. Given the number of fatalities and the workers to oversee, he feels the current rules and regulations governing the construction industry needs to be updated and strengthened so that accidents such as this do not continue to frequently occur.

For more information on construction injuries, or for a consultation, contact an attorney with Lipsig, Shapey, Manus & Moverman at (646)-846-4496.

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