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_______________________________________________________________ Texas
Crane and Construction Equipment Accident Lawsuits
As
a Texas Crane and Construction Equipment Accident Lawyer Jason Coomer has handled and
investigated a variety of construction and work place
accident claims including misuse of a crane, falling
objects, serious fall, electrocution, negligent crane
operator and other construction negligence
lawsuits that have resulted in
serious injuries and death.
If you have been seriously injured or have lost a loved one
through a construction accident,
feel free to
send an e-mail to Texas Crane Accident Lawyer, Jason Coomer
with your name, date of accident, location of accident,
nature of the injuries or loss, and name of the potential
defendant or contact us
through our online submission form. Texas
Crane Accidents and Safety Regulations
Moving large, heavy
loads is crucial to today's manufacturing and construction
industries. Much technology has been developed for these
operations, including careful training and extensive
workplace precautions. However, problems and accidents
arise when construction companies, construction workers, and
crane operator's get careless or try to save money at the
expense of safety.
Some of the most serious construction
accidents happen as a result of the misuse of heavy
equipment including cranes, tower cranes, and backhoes.
The potential dangers of operating a crane include
collapsing cranes, cranes flipping or toppling over, cranes
coming into contact with live power lines resulting in the
burning or electrocution
of the operator, and improperly secured loads falling on
workers and/or bystanders.
Because of the inherent dangers of
operating a crane, construction sites that have several
safety issues that they need to follow and be aware of when
operating a crane including:
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Operator certification,
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The operator's right of refusal to do
a lift that they feel is unsafe,
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Procedures for making safe blind
lifts,
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Proper training of signal men,
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Proper loading for lifts,
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How close to power lines cranes may
operate,
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The location for heavy lifts,
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Overworking of crane operators, and
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Crane maintenance and inspection
recordkeeping.
OSHA Crane, Derrick, and Hoist
Safety Regulations
Crane, derrick, and
hoist safety hazards are addressed in OSHA Safety Standards
for the general industry, marine terminals, longshoring,
gear certification, and the construction industry. Below are
some OSHA Safety Standards, Rules, Notices, Directives, and
Regulations related to crane, derrick, and hoist safety
including the below information.
Section 5(a)(1) of the OSH Act, often referred to as
the General Duty Clause, requires employers to "furnish
to each of his employees employment and a place of
employment which are free from recognized hazards that
are causing or are likely to cause death or serious
physical harm to his employees".
Section 5(a)(2) requires employers to "comply with
occupational safety and health standards promulgated
under this Act".
General
Industry (29
CFR 1910)
Marine
Terminals (29
CFR 1917)
Longshoring (29
CFR 1918)
Gear
Certification (29
CFR 1919)
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1919.2, Definition of terms
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1919.12, Recordkeeping and related procedures
concerning records in custody of the vessel
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1919.15, Periodic tests, examinations and
inspections
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1919.16, Heat treatment
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1919.21, Marking and posting of safe working
loads
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1919.24, Limitations on use of wire rope
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1919.28, Unit proof tests-cranes and gear
accessory thereto
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1919.73, Unit proof test and examination of
derricks
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1919.75, Determination of crane or derrick safe
working loads and limitations in absence of
manufacturer's data
Construction
Industry (29
CFR 1926)
Texas
Bulldozer Accidents and Safety Regulations
Bulldozers are another type of
construction equipment that can cause serious construction
accidents. A bulldozer is a crawler (caterpillar
tracked tractor), equipped with a substantial metal plate
(known as a blade), used to push large quantities of soil,
sand, rubble, etc, during construction work. The term
"bulldozer" is often used to mean any heavy engineering
vehicle, but precisely, the term refers only to a tractor
(usually tracked) fitted with a dozer blade. The
bulldozer is an extremely powerful machine that should only
be used in compliance with safety instructions and
procedures. When the appropriate precautions are ignored, or
when the bulldozer is defective in its design or
manufacture, or the blade in not correctly installed serious
injuries or death can result.
Texas
Backhoe Accidents and Safety Regulations
Backhoes are another type of construction
equipment that cause serious construction accidents.
The backhoe is tractor with a long arm on the end for
digging and excavating piles of dirt or other materials. It
is an extremely powerful machine that should only be used in
compliance with safety instructions and procedures. When the
appropriate precautions are ignored, or when the backhoe is
defective in its design or manufacture, serious injuries or
death can result.
Backhoes consist of a digging scoop at
the end of an arm (also called stick or dipper) and are used
for excavating and moving material such as rocks or dirt.
The most common forms of backhoe accidents involve people
being struck by the digging bucket or by the machine itself.
In addition, backhoe accidents can be caused by rollovers,
electrocutions, and sliding into ditches or trenches.
Texas
Crane and Construction Equipment Accident Lawsuits
As a Texas Crane and Construction
Equipment Accident Lawyer,
Jason Coomer has fought for the rights of injured individuals
and the families of
people that have been wrongfully killed after a construction accident.
Whether a construction worker is injured by a falling
object, negligent crane operator, hazardous trap, dangerous defect,
careless actions, or the
negligence of another, individuals often need assistance
from a Texas Crane Accident Lawyer in
dealing with and seeking money compensation from insurance
companies and large corporations for the damages that they
have suffered.
In being a Texas Crane Accident attorney, Jason
Coomer has been fortunate
enough to represent and recover money compensation for
construction workers that
have been injured by negligent co-workers, construction
companies, and subcontractors. Helping injured workers
recover money compensation for millions of dollars in
damages including
tens or hundreds of thousands of dollars in medical bills, tens of thousands of
dollars in past lost wages, and hundreds of thousands of dollars
in future lost wages, impairment, disfigurement, and future
medical is what being a Texas construction accident lawyer is about.
The compensation has helped individuals go back to school to
begin new careers and families to hold onto their homes. Knowing
that he has made a difference in people's lives is very
rewarding and makes the time battling insurance companies
and big businesses,
researching law, reading medical records, deposing experts
and negligent actors, working with clients, and tabulating
damages worth while.
As an
Austin Construction Accident Lawyer,
Houston Crane Accident Lawyer, Austin Crane Accident Lawyer,
Dallas Crane Accident Lawyer, and San Antonio
Crane Accident Lawyer, Jason Coomer has worked on a wide variety of cases
and has had the opportunity to work
with and against some excellent lawyers including Dallas
Crane Accident Lawyers, Houston Crane Accident Lawyers,
San Antonio Crane Accident Lawyers, and Austin
Construction Equipment Accident Lawyers. Assembling
litigation teams of Texas Construction Equipment Accident Lawyers for the larger cases and building
multimedia presentations for mediation, arbitration,
hearings, and trial can be time consuming, but when you are
dealing with someone's life and the devastation that can be
caused by a serious injury or loss of a loved one, the
effort is worth it. Individualized attention to a
Texas Construction Equipment Accident Lawsuit
is extremely important. Make sure that you have a
experienced Texas Work
Place Injury Attorney or
Texas Fatal
Accident Lawyer that knows your name and is familiar with your
construction accident claim as well as your wants and needs.
If you have been seriously injured or
have lost a loved one through the wrongful actions of
another,
feel
free to contact Texas Construction Accident Lawyer, Jason Coomer, with your name, date of accident,
location of accident, nature of the injuries or loss, and
name of the potential defendant for a
free online review of your potential claim.
Wrongful Death
Claims - As a Texas Wrongful Death Lawyer
handling wrongful death claims, Death Claim Lawyer, Jason
Coomer assists the families of the
deceased assert their rights after a construction accident. Whether
a person is killed through hazardous activity, corporate negligence,
or mere carelessness, the family needs a Texas construction
death attorney they can
trust to investigate and prosecute a claim. Austin
Texas Construction Accident Death Lawyer, Jason Coomer, handles Texas
construction death
claims.
Premises Liability &
Dangerous Condition Claims - Numerous
construction workers are injured and killed each year by dangerous
conditions and hazardous hidden traps that a construction
site owner, property owner, or premises
owner/maintainer knew or through a reasonable inspection
should have known about. When attempting to seek
compensation from the construction site owner, property
owner, or premises owner/maintainer for
negligently maintaining their construction site or property, an injured person
often needs assistance proving liability and damages as well
as avoiding traps that many insurance adjusters and big
construction companires set to avoid
paying just claims.
As a Texas Construction Accident Lawyer,
Jason Coomer has reviewed
numerous claims for damages arising out of a hidden hole,
falling objects, lack of proper lighting,
improper design of stairs, improper security, negligent use
of construction equipment, hidden traps, electrical
problems, and other
dangerous conditions.
If you have been seriously injured or have lost a loved
through a construction accident,
feel free to
contact Texas Construction Equipment Accident Lawyer, Jason Coomer with your name, date of accident, location of
accident, nature of the injuries or loss, and name of the
potential defendant for a free review
of your potential lawsuit.
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