New York Industrial Accident Injury Lawyers

NY Personal Injury Attorneys

Factories, construction sites, and industrial machinery create unique potential for injury. Our New York accident attorneys understand the risks you take every time you venture onto a work site or into a factory. Your job should not be more dangerous because of a condition or circumstance some other person or company has created. The personal injury trial lawyers of Goidel and Siegel have been effectively representing injured workers for many years.

Many instances of accidents occur because companies continue to put workers at risk unnecessarily due to financial shortcuts or simple negligence. Worker's compensation was created to help prevent industrial accidents from occurring. After an accident occurs, workers should immediately report the unsafe conditions and resulting injuries to the company so that the worker can become eligible to receive the compensation. Some industrial accidents can end in serious and life-threatening injuries, so if a worker notices a safety hazard, it should be brought to the company's attention. If the company does not take proper safety precautions in a reasonable time, further action should be pursued so that more accidents do not occur.

Industrial accidents can be categorized into two categories: external and internal. An external accident affects the environment around the factory. External accidents can take the form of fires, chemical spills, discharges of toxic gases and radiation. These types of accidents can be huge disasters with significant effects.

Causes of external industrial accidents include:

• organizational errors
• human factors
• component failures
• deviation from normal operational conditions
• software defects
• outside interference
• natural forces

An internal industrial accident affects the people within the factory or work site. Internal 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

Those who become victims of industrial accidents can get legal help to protect their rights and claim compensation which will enable them to meet their medical and rehabilitation expenses, lost wages, mental suffering and property loss. Our attorneys have the skill and experience to gain compensation for such calamities. Contact our NY industrial injury attorneys today for a free legal consultation.