Construction Site Accidents

Washington Construction Site Accident Lawyer

If you have been injured in a construction site accident, your employer, or doctors selected by your employer, may offer advice about your injuries or claim your injuries are minor or nonexistent. However, these doctors are paid for by your employer and are protecting your employer's interests, not yours. Regardless of your relationship with your employer, it is critical to seek independent medical attention and professional legal advice.

At the law office of Steven G. Toole, P.S., we provide strong advocacy to injured construction workers and their families. We always have our client's best interests in mind—not the employer's. Contact personal injury attorney Steve Toole for a free initial consultation.

Construction site accidents occur in a variety of ways, including:

• Construction site maintenance: Failing to maintain the construction site in a safe manner, or conversely, maintaining the construction site in an unsafe and dangerous condition
• Failure to warn: Failing to properly warn pedestrians or visitors of potential hazards, such as holes, hardhats, falling debris, hidden or hard to see obstacles, or unsafe floors
• Falling debris: Construction workers dropping tools, or other things, from a high place, which strike another worker, visitor, or passerby
• Equipment negligence: Employees operating heavy equipment in a negligent manner, resulting in a bulldozer accident, crane accident, truck accident, forklift accident, or other machinery accident
• Defective equipment: Defective or dangerous equipment such as a forklift, bulldozer, crane, or other machinery can cause an accident or a severe injury such as loss of a limb/amputation
• Construction site falls: Scaffolding is negligently constructed causing the scaffolding to collapse; a construction worker falls from a roof, ladder, or scaffolding resulting in a head neck, or back injury, spinal cord injury, broken bones, or wrongful death

While most workers who are injured in a construction accident are entitled to workers compensation for lost wages and medical expenses, many other workers are also entitled to compensation through a personal injury claim. Although personal injury and wrongful death lawsuits may not be filed against an employer, there are often other parties who may have contributed to the accident, such as an independent subcontractor company, a product manufacturer, or other liable parties.

Steve Toole aggressively pursues personal injury, wrongful death, and disability claims to recover compensation for lost wages, medical expenses, permanent disability, pain and suffering, and other losses. He understands the construction industry and what it takes to successfully recover maximum compensation.

Contact an Experienced Construction Site Accident Lawyer

If you or a loved one has been involved in a serious construction site accident, contact our Bellevue law firm to speak with construction injury attorney, Steve Toole.