New Jersey Death Claims Resulting From Falling Objects

While people who work in industrial and construction-related jobs are exposed to many more hazards than most other wage earners, those who work around heavy equipment or operate large machinery face their own particular hazards on a daily basis. As workers’ compensation attorneys who regularly help clients seek rightful compensation for injuries associated with contact with objects and machinery, the legal staff at New Jersey Workers Compensation Lawyer with the Law Offices of Jonathan F. Marshall understand how one simple mistake can have tragic and lasting consequences for victims and their families.

Compared to relatively low-risk working environments, such as retail outlets, business offices, grocery stores and restaurants, those employees who work in manufacturing plants, rail yards and shipyards, residential and commercial construction sites, and highway work zones/bridge repair are all subjected to multiple on-the-job hazards throughout the workday.

All across the Garden State, hundreds of husbands and wives, mothers and fathers go to work each day in heavy industrial and construction jobs that offer little peace of mind when it comes to personal safety. Fatal job site accidents and deaths on the factory floor take place daily throughout the U.S. These tragic events often happen to those individuals who work near or operate heavy machinery.

Because of the nature of large machines and heavy equipment, fatal work-related injuries are fairly commonplace. If you have lost a loved one as a result of an on-the-job accident, our workers’ compensation death benefit claim experts are available to assist you and your family. We offer guidance when applying for workers’ comp death benefits and can provide aggressive legal representation in cases where a third-party may be at fault in the death of your loved one.

Construction workers and those employed rail yards and as stevedores at New Jersey ports and shipyards are often some of the most at-risk individuals. Heavy machinery and large, bulky cargo and shipping containers represent constant dangers to any employee working in these potentially hazardous occupations.

Even when used properly, large machines and other heavy equipment pose a nearly constant risk of injury or death to those who operate them. Federal and state safety regulations help to keep workers from being injured due to careless mistakes or unexpected accidents, yet the nature of heavy industrial jobs makes the potential for fatal injury an ever-present threat.