Construction Accidents

Construction accidents can occur on residential property, commercial property, or at industrial construction sites. When someone is injured or killed on or near a construction site, the owner or general contractor or a subcontractor may be liable for any injuries sustained.  A Construction worker may also have a workers’ compensation claim for injuries occurring on the job.   A civil construction accident case coordinated with the workers’ compensation award is a legal right and can provide additional compensation.

Under state and Federal laws and regulations, contractors and site owners are responsible for providing a reasonably safe work environment, and there are special laws in place to protect those who work in high places, such as on a scaffold, ladder or structural steel. Workers in all trades are exposed to a variety of dangerous conditions at work-sites due to negligent and dangerous conditions and practices of architects, general contractors, subcontractors, product manufacturers, equipment suppliers, and others.

The most common types of South Carolina Construction Accidents involve:

• Construction Accident Falls, Death, Back injury, Neck injury and Laceration
• Construction Injuries
• Burns, Electrical Injuries, Electrocution
• Traffic Control, automobile collisions at construction sites
• Scaffold Injuries, Brain injury, Head injury
• Crane Accidents
• Trench Accidents
• Construction Equipment Accidents, Amputation, Crushing
• Impalement, Iron Workers & Welding Accidents
• Superintendent Negligence
• General Contractors’ Delay, Neglect and Unsafe Acts