Construction Worker Dies After Fall, Prompting Comment From Personal Injury Lawyer

July 15, 2016 – – LipsigLawyers.com’s Thomas Moverman stated recently that the loss of another construction worker’s life has left a community in mourning. He has wished the family and friends of the deceased man comfort in this troubling time.

The Burlington Free Press reported in late June that a construction worker fell more than 70 feet from a structure being built at the University of Vermont and died from his injuries. The worker had fallen from the top floor of the seven-floor structure — about 75 feet above the ground. He had been wearing a harness which was removed before the man was brought to the University of Vermont Medical Center in Burlington. He was pronounced dead at the hospital.

The most common forms of injury in the construction business include slips, trips, and falls. These types of accidents in addition to electrocution and being stuck between objects or struck by them, accounted for over half of construction worker deaths in 2014, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The OSHA reported that more than 20 percent of all work-related fatalities in 2013 were employed in the construction industry and that one in five of the 4,821 reported fatalities in 2014 were also in the construction industry.

Lipsig, Shapey, Manus & Moverman have been representing victims of construction accidents for years. The firm is currently looking to assist those individuals who have been injured in a construction accident and qualifying individuals may be entitled to financial compensation. They have successfully obtained millions in settlements for those victims and strongly believe in fighting for the compensation victims need and deserve. In one case, Attorney Thomas Moverman won a victim $2.6 million for a worker who injured his knee and back in a fall from defective scaffolding.

“Most of these actions help to make our environment and the workplace safer so that others will not have to endure these painful losses,” said Moverman of the firm’s work.

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

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