Riverside Construction Injury Attorneys

Since 1979, the Riverside California construction injury lawyers at DiMarco | Araujo | Montevideo have worked hard helping injured construction workers get the maximum compensation that they are legally due. We have seen the full range of possible injuries from broken bones and amputation to welding injuries and electrocutions. We strive to always be the best Riverside construction accident attorneys and we are fully prepared to fight for you so you can focus on what should be your number one priority: healing properly. Our winning reputation throughout Riverside as top construction accident lawyers should speak for itself: We are experienced and successful construction accident attorneys who will work tirelessly for their clients.

How to File a Construction Lawsuit Claim

If you or your loved ones have questions or concerns as to how to properly file a construction lawsuit claim or how to file a workers’ compensation claim for a construction accident injury, call us today at (951) 977-7787. We would be happy to discuss your claim during a free consultation:

What’s involved in filing your legal claim(s) for workers’ comp and/or third party personal injury.
Options of how you may be able to do-it-yourself.
Potential litigation issues including: pleadings, investigation, lay witness depositions, written discovery, law and motion, types of causes of action, legal evidentiary standards of proof and legal requirements, expert witness depositions, potential special and general damages including: medical treatment, bodily injury, loss of earnings and other damages and benefits you are entitled to recover.
The financial commitment that is needed and the expenses that are incurred for preparing for the case, litigation and going to trial and how our law firm could help you with that aspect of the legal process.
Answer to all of your questions regarding how we can help you navigate the legal system during this very difficult time.
How our experienced law firm can make your case simple, efficient and successful.

Our experienced Riverside County lawyers and staff are available to take the load, stress and pressure of a lawsuit off your shoulders. We want to offer you the peace of mind that you are in good hands. If after meeting with us, and hearing about all the steps needed to file and handle your construction injury claim, know that we are always here for you. We wish you and your family all the best and please feel free to take us up on our offer of a free consultation so you can fully prepared regardless of the route your choose.

Call Us Today

Your case would be best served by our seasoned injury lawyers who’ve represented construction accident cases for over thirty years so call as soon as you can so we can guide you, properly investigate your case and ensure you are receiving proper and comprehensive medical care. The initial consultation is absolutely free and we’ll work on a contingency basis if you choose to go forward so you will not owe our firm anything unless we win your case. The Better Business Bureau gave us their highest award of an A+ so you can rest assured that we will work hard for you. We are ready to start your work injury, workers’ compensation, and personal injury case so call us today at (951) 977-7787.

Construction Workers’ Compensation

Like all workers in California, Riverside construction workers are required by law to be covered by their employer with workers’ compensation insurance. It can provide assistance when an employee is injured or hurt on the job and California work comp law and workmen comp tort laws protects the rights of the injured employee. The employer is not legally allowed to penalize or fire employees for filing a workers’ comp claim. Most of the time, employers are required to pay disability out of their workman comp insurance while the hurt employee is unable to work. Workers’ compensation does have limits to the amount and types of compensations including that it does not allow for damages for pain and suffering. The workers’ compensation insurance held by your employer could pay medical expenses, income, death benefits, disability, medical benefits, permanent disability compensation, and vocational rehabilitation, when the injury and/or circumstance warrants. See below for information regarding the benefits of adding third party cases for people or companies who are also at fault for your construction accident. One common example of a work comp claim for construction workers are musculoskeletal disorders. MSDs build up over time from the injured person’s motions, tasks or assignment on the job such as twisting, exerting too much force, bending, or working in an uncomfortable position.

Get Answers to All of Your Questions for Free

Be sure to call our firm to talk about your workmen comp claim and schedule the free initial consultation to discuss your job injury. We will answer all your questions including if you are wondering what the workman comp benefits would be specifically for you and your case, how State Disability Insurance (SDI) works, and how much a workers’ comp lawyer costs or how much a work injury attorney costs. You will not have to pay anything unless and until we win your case.

Third (3rd) Parties who are at Fault

Due to the chaotic nature of a construction site, many construction accidents not only qualify for workers’ compensation because you were hurt on the job but they also may qualify for a civil third party work injury claim. This is the case when there are one or more additional responsible parties for your on-the-job injury other than your employer. By adding the third party case, you might be able to receive compensation above that which is provided by the California workers' comp laws and rules.

Recover More Damages by Adding the Third Party

To be compensated your full lost income and for pain and suffering, our injury firm would need to investigate your case and find a responsible third party like that of a subcontractor, the land owner, the training company, the equipment or tool manufacturer, building owner, developer or the general contractor. Call one of our local Riverside workers’ compensation accident attorneys today to discuss your case. It is especially important to have our guidance since cases that may have a third party need to be handled correctly at all points in the process since there will actually be two or more cases going on at once and a mistake in one could affect the other(s).

OSHA & Construction Accidents

The stated goal of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (www.osha.gov) is to keep work environments as healthful, safe and injury-free as possible. According to OSHA, “Every day in this country, more than 14 workers lose their lives in preventable workplace tragedies.” Due to that unfortunate statistic, OSHA is constantly attempting to improve safety standards and workplace injury prevention so that less people get maimed at the construction site, hurt on the job, crushed at the factory, amputated by a punch press or injured while working.

OSHA’s Ultimate Goal is Avoiding Injuries

Their goal is to set standards and laws in place to avoid construction accidents and construction injuries and keep the construction job site safe. OSHA is determined to help construction employees avoid injuries by also improving training standards. OSHA will keep the names of all employees or contractors who complain about OSHA violations, unsafe working conditions, and possible construction accident risks anonymous, if they so request. OSHA even has a section of its standards and laws devoted to the construction industry.

Common Construction Injuries

A construction site is always full of dangers for construction workers. This danger is why it is so important that employers, OSHA, and supervisors do everything they can to follow the Occupational Safety and Health Administration workplace safety code to keep all of their employees and all of the other people on a job site protected from accidents. The following are common ways that a construction worker can be injured while working: falling off of a roof, building or piece of equipment, hammer injury or drill slip, being caught in, between, or under machines, equipment or objects, slipping or tripping and falling, accidental electrocution, faulty wiring, fire, pit cave-in, tunnel cave-in, being struck by a falling rail, beam, tool, wood board or piece of equipment, trench cave-in, falling through a skylight, rebar impalement injury, reinforcing bar injury, hole cave-in, gas or chemical explosions, exploding concrete lines, a tool or load not being strapped in or harnessed correctly, or a nail through a boot or shoe injury.

Other types of injuries that occur due to construction accidents include crush injury, pallets failing, being crushed by a truck, crane, bulldozer, grader, pile driver or trencher, safety rail failures, compressed gas injury, corrosive chemical injury, derrick injury, being run over by truck, forklift, tractor, or dump truck, lifting injuries, scraps and debris falling injury, falling off of a cherry picker, tilt-up injuries, exhaustion, heat stroke, lung injuries, asbestos, and wrongful death. Due to the high frequency of injuries, most construction sites will have plans for what to do in the case of most injuries. This could include onsite support, a first aid station or a first aid kit.

Permanent Injuries May Effect You and Your Family for Life

If you do not have your own doctor for your construction injury, we can help you find a quality and local doctor that will be able to give you comprehensive medical treatment. Many results of construction site accidents and construction job injuries can be rather traumatic. Concussions, blindness, amputation, lacerations, coma, contusions, back injury, broken bones, burns, muscle strain, ligament sprain, neck injury, cuts, being crushed, heavy bleeding, becoming deformed, brain injury, and death are all possible outcomes of construction accidents and job site injuries. The construction injury lawyers of DiMarco | Araujo | Montevideo have over three decades of experience helping construction workers with their legal cases for all the above injuries, results and more. We will be with you every step of the way throughout your case.

Tools and Machines Injury Causes

A construction site is filled with different types of heavy machines, dangerous tools and machine operators with a whole range of skill and training. Given that there are so many people and machines all working at the same time, it is important for all workers to avoid construction accidents and construction injuries by watching out for yourself and being aware of all others around you. Possible tool and machine injuries on the job include ladder injury, table saw injury, saw, drill or hammer injury injury, automobile or car accidents, chainsaw injury, conveyor belt injury, being caught in a baling machine or punch press, nail gun or power stapler injury, welding injury, tractor injury, motorcycle accidents, backhoe injury, radial arm saw injury, sheet metal injury, power tools injury, scaffold injury, scaffolding collapse, load dropping injury, load shifting accident, catwalk fall, air compressor injury, angle grinder accident, ceramic tile cutter injury, crane injury, floor sander injury, impact wrench accident, and heat gun injury. As you can see, injuries can happen from all types of tools and equipment so employers, supervisors, manufacturers and distributers need to always train their employees properly.

More Potentially Dangerous Building Gear

More examples of industrial or residential remodeling construction tools for employees and employers to be sure to properly train on include disc sander accident, pneumatic torque wrench accident, jointer accident, needle scaler injury, concrete saw and circular saw injury, biscuit joiner and bandsaw accident, jigsaw injury, scrollsaw injury, steel off saw accident, trimmer accident, diamond blade injury, sabre saw accident, rotary tool injury, lathe accident, random orbital sander injury, wood router injury, alligator shear injury, elevator injury, reciprocating saw accident, jack hammer injury injury, defective machines, concrete accident, or defective products. Some of the biggest makers of construction tools are Black & Decker, DeWalt, Ryobi, Porter-Cable, Old Milwaukee, Caterpillar, Hitachi, Bobcat, Snap-On, Stanley, Ridgid, Husky, Amada and Makita. As with every piece of machinery, proper training and maintenance can prevent many accidents.

Possible Vehicle Accidents

There are also many vehicles and pieces of heavy equipment that can harm someone with just one slip or mistake. On a job site, it is possible to have a dump truck injury, scraper accident, asphalt paver accident, cherry picker injury, front shovel accident, excavator or bagger injury, feller buncher injury, drilling machine accident, dragline excavator injury, forklift injury, aerial work platform or lift table injury, cure rig accident, street sweeper injury, vibratory compacter injury, soil stabilizer accident, concrete batch plant injury, articulated hauler and articulated truck accident, backhoe loader and backhoe injury, dredger injury, harvester injury, highway bottom dump accident, lowboy injury, pneumatic tire compactor accident, roller, road roller and roller compactor injury, fresno scraper accident, wheel forwarder accident, slipform paver injury, steam shovel accident, rotary tiller accident, stomper concrete drop hammer injury injury, tunnel boring machine accident, wheel tractor-scraper accident, yarder injury, telescopic handler accident, underground mining equipment injury, track loader, track skidder and track-type tractor injury, bulldozer accident, or a venture mixer injury. Due to the complexity of these machines and how quickly work accidents can happen by using them poorly, by product or machine defect or by just being near one, it is important to always be alert on the construction site for danger and harm and to use caution.

How Construction Accidents Happen

A construction site usually consists of many people all doing separate but interconnected jobs. It can possibly be quite a chaotic scene. The trades that may be occurring all at the same time include work by bricklayers, carpenters, pipefitters, plumbers, roofers, carpet layers, plasterers, janitors, fencers, landscapers, electricians, heating and air conditioning technicians, tin knockers, concrete finishers, tile setters, laborers, street fixers, tile layers, welders, truck drivers, architects, concrete pourers/mixers, geologists, supervisors, diggers, crane operators, inspectors, painters, project managers, and heavy equipment operators.

Under California Law, Job Sites Must be Safe for Employees

Injuries happen on a construction job for many reasons including: faulty, worn-out, misusing equipment, lack of adequate construction or trades workers, damaged or defective machines, lack of adequate training for construction workers, defective products, lack of safety gear (like steel toe boots or hard hats), lack of proper safety protections or safety inspections, substance abuse by coworkers while they are working, and sub-contractor negligence, foreman negligence, coworker negligence, general contractor negligence, and property owner negligence.

Do the Job Right

As you know all too well by now, construction accidents also happen because someone was just trying to cut a corner and save time or money. Landowners should also be aware of premises liability as they could be held responsible for many injuries that happen on their land. In many cases, an injury victim will have a workers’ compensation claim to file and a third party case if the party partially or fully responsible for the injury might not be the employer. If a job site is not safe in any of the above ways, it can be very dangerous.

Government Liability and Oversight

Our federal, state and local levels of government all have rules and regulations in place to try to keep construction workers and the general public safe. These standards are continually refined and updated as new technologies and risks are discovered. This includes inspecting projects at the important and final stages, developers, issuing permits to builders, and manufacturing and continuously improving the codes for safety standards, work environment, and procedures. This government oversight can create a duty and responsibility of the building, safety, permit and/or planning division of any municipalities, state and federal governments. Most cities, county or statewide agencies have a building and planning division that oversees commercial and residential construction projects. Be sure to call us about your potential case as our 30+ years of experience will help us break down your legal options for you.

Call Us – Free Consultation

We believe that every injured person deserves a chance to discuss their case and their legal options. We are well known throughout Riverside, California, Los Angeles, Long Beach, San Bernardino, San Diego, Orange County, and San Francisco as top construction accident attorneys who know how to help you. We offer a free initial consultation and case evaluation. If you chose our firm, we work on a contingency basis where you won’t owe us anything unless we win your injury case. The Riverside construction injury attorneys at DiMarco | Araujo | Montevideo make house calls as we come to you at your home or your hospital room if you are unable to come to our office. We are available to meet during the normal hours of Monday through Friday between 8:30am and 5:30pm and we will also meet you, by appointment, on Saturdays, Sundays and in the evening. Many people throughout Riverside consider us to be the best construction accident lawyers around and we will do our best to keep that reputation as solid as it has been since 1979.

Law Firm of DiMarco | Araujo | Montevideo
Riverside, California ~ (951) 977-7787