Trenches on construction/repair sites can be very dangerous if not excavated in full observance of safety procedures in excavation and construction technical skill. When a trench is not properly excavated, prepared, and shored, or when proper precaution is not taken in the vicinity of the excavated trench, accidents and injuries usually result. When a cave-in occurs, the injury to a worker can be devastating. can result. Usually, this is the result of a violation of an Ohio specific safety rule. Read On . . . . Some of the ways in which a cave in can occur include:
Heavy operating vehicles driving nearby causing a trench wall to collapse (cave-in)
Inadequate or improperly installed shoring, or, in some case, no shoring at all installed (cave-in)
Workers may be crushed should a collapse occur while they are working in the trench or near its edge
Workers may fall into an open excavation / trench
Heavy equipment may cause a trench to collapse should the ground give way, which in such event could injure the equipment operator and/or a worker located in the trench. Building materials may fall onto or trap workers in a trench, potentially crushing them, causing other injuries or suffocation.
In the event of an Ohio work trench injury, or other construction site accident, a Board Certified Ohio Workers’ Compensation Specialist Attorney should be contacted to advise an injured worker on all the benefits available in such an industrial accident. There are time limits, so protect yourself and call now.
Contact Mike Gruhin, Board Certified Ohio Workers’ Compensation Specialist Attorney. Find out your rights and protect yourself and your family!