LipsigLawyers.com’s Thomas Moverman commented on the hospitalization of two men in Texas after they were working on an electrical line. Moverman stated that he hopes their recovery is successful and that the incident prompts further efforts to protect workers from such incidents.
KXII News 12 reported that the two men had hit an electrical line while doing work, knocking out power and causing injuries. The men had been working on phone cables that were buried when the incident occurred. One of the men was flown to Plano and the other was taken to an area hospital. Both men are expected to survive, the article said.
More than 20 percent of all work-related fatalities in 2013 were employed in the construction industry and one in five of the 4,821 reported fatalities in 2014 were also in the construction industry, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Injuries such as lacerations, bruising, broken or fractured bones and sometimes spinal or brain injuries can often be a result of these accidents as well.
Lipsig, Shapey, Manus & Moverman has been representing victims of construction accidents for years.They have successfully obtained millions in settlements for those victims and strongly believe in fighting for the compensation victims need and deserve. In one case, Attorney Thomas Moverman won a victim $2.6 million for a worker who injured his knee and back in a fall from defective scaffolding.The firm is currently looking to assist those individuals who have been injured in a construction accident.Certain individuals may be entitled to significant financial compensation.
“My clients’ lives and families are the most important aspect of what I do. I hope the lawsuits that I bring and the results I obtain will allow them to try to restore themselves both physically and personally,” said Moverman of the firm’s efforts.
For more information on construction injuries, or for a consultation, contact an attorney with Lipsig, Shapey, Manus & Moverman at (646)-846-4496.
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