Your body is an important thing to listen to. Age matters not. Even if you’re young and full of energy, you can’t ignore physical warning signs that manifest from an injury. Recovering from an injury so you can work is admirable but insuring you’ll be healthy come middle age is just as vital. And that is where the personal injury attorneys at Klemick & Gampel fit into this scenario.
Employees are “laborers.” And sometimes, employees are referred to as “unskilled labor.” But think about this comparison. Someone who sits in a cubicle all day might get a headache after a long day. What do you go home with -- a backache, sore knees, a stiff neck, arthritis or even a debilitating injury? What you do and how you do it every minute on the job could result in physical injury.
If you’ve suffered an injury due to faulty machinery or another worker’s negligence, it would be smart to call the attorneys at Klemick & Gampel. We are experts at personal injury law and have proven experience in helping victims like you.
You are at risk every day you don a hard hat and step into those hard, sturdy steel-toe boots. Quite often one hears of a construction worker falling through a floor under construction. Scaffolding supporting a crew full of bricklayers falls to the ground. Someone backs a front-end loader into a crew shoveling stone dust into a wheel barrow. These situations are dangerous. And the attorneys at Klemick & Gampel understand just how dangerous it can be for workers like you.
Don’t for a minute think an on-site supervisor, local governmental jurisdiction or the insurance underwriter for the general contractor isn’t aware of the dangers in construction work. The question is, are you? Because the legal professionals at Klemick & Gampel are. And with this expertise, “We will work for you.”
Klemick & Gampel has successfully represented workers injured on construction sites. K&G’s attorneys know not only the law but the building codes and standards of your trade. If a party has flat-out ignored the code or not followed it to a “T” resulting in injury, we are here to help. Someone should “work for you” and the prudent choice for legal counsel is K&G.
In the construction industry, no progress is made without its crew – you! From the worker who hangs drywall to the guy who operates a Bobcat to spread fill dirt around a building, nothing progresses without manual labor – again, you! Machinery aside, it’s the people who “run the show.” You are vital to the completion of the design the architect conceived at the drafting table. Do not underestimate your worth. Maybe you don’t have a college degree in engineering, architecture or environmental science. But that doesn’t matter when it comes to personal injury and protecting your livelihood. Klemick & Gampel can help protect your interests – both physical and financial.
If someone asks you what you do for a living, what’s your response if you’re in a chair, unable to move about? In your line of work, you’re at physical risk from the minute you punch your time card. Explosive demolition equipment, nail guns, welding torches and cranes wielding multi-ton loads keep you constant company. But is this heavy machinery operated properly? Is it up to code? Inspected? Cleared for operation? Are your co-employees at the controls thinking “safety first” like the signs warn?
Have the newly poured concrete floors you are stepping on been correctly braced? Was the wet concrete cured (given time to reach full strength)? Why do we ask? Think of all the construction site accidents where floors collapse, killing or injuring crews. Usually, it’s due to timetables. Contractors, as you might know, are given bonuses if they “beat” not just “meet” construction deadlines.
At Klemick & Gampel, we have successfully represented workers like you who have: fallen off the side of a building because there were no guardrails; burned in a roofing tar kettle fire, where we sued both the tar kettle manufacturer and tar manufacturer; fell down an uncovered elevator shaft; was burned on a shoe-branding machine; had a hand damaged in a meat-packing machine; lost two fingers in a meat-grinding machine; fractured a hand in a meat-grinding machine; injured a hand on a punch press; slipped on grease from post-tension cables; fell from a broken ladder; cut a hand on an unguarded saw; hit by a Lull forklift; was burned by an asphalt and painting machine and had a hand cut off by in a cement/grout-mixing machine.
Let’s return to codes. You’ve heard of them but might not understand them. That’s okay because the attorneys at K&G do. Every phase of a construction project is governed by code. That can be set by many groups, from a trade association like the American Concrete Contractors Association to local jurisdictions such as the city, county, state or federal levels of government. At the federal level, there is the Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), which ensures safe and healthful working conditions in any workplace in the United States. Enacted by the U.S. Congress in 1970, OSHA has inspectors who walk around in boots and hard hats to make sure work is performed accurately, timely and safely – all according to code.
So with OSHA’s rules, other civil laws and Klemick & Gampel in charge, we will be there to fight for you. In the past, we have successfully tried cases like yours in front of a jury. Let us add your name to K&G’s list of victors. It’s time to do something about your pain and suffering and contact Klemick & Gampel. We will seek the medical assistance you need and financial compensation you deserve. Let the experts in personal injury law on construction sites, Klemick & Gampel, “work for you.”
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Klemick & Gampel
1953 S.W. 27th Avenue
Miami, FL 33145
Phone: (305) 856-4577
Fax: (305) 859-9708
