Industrial Accident Lawyer Blog

Construction accident lawsuits have been filed in Atlanta over the work injures sustained in the Botanical Gardens elevated platform collapse. The lawsuits allege that the Botanical Gardens and certain contractors working on the elevated platform, as well as the project architects, were negligent in the design and assembly of the horizontal structural system used on the platform, leading to its collapse. Several construction workers were injured, and those workers filed Atlanta construction accident lawsuits as a result.

Philip Soukup, a 35 year-old construction worker, was killed in a construction accident. Mr. Soukup was operating a soil compactor on an embankment when he suddenly fell off the machine. At that point, it rolled over him, killing him instantly. OSHA has begun its investigation, and will be examining whether Mr. Soukup's employer provided rollover protection safety training to it's workers.

Atlanta workers compensation lawyers and construction accident lawyers handle complex factual and legal issues which always exist anytime a work injury occurs.

An explosion and fire at the U.S. Steel Plant in Clairton, Pennsylvania has caused numerous burn injuries, according to recent news reports. It appears one of the coke ovens at the Clairton plant exploded. These ovens heat coal at very high temperatures to carbonize it and turn it into fuel used for steel production (called "coke").

This explosion will undoubtedly lead to the need to hire an experienced workers compensation lawyer and also require a cause and origin analysis to determine what caused the explosion and whether it could have been prevented. Often, contractors and other third parties are involved in the cleaning and maintenance coke ovens used for steel production, and those entities could provide a viable avenue for injured workers to file a work injury lawsuit.