Results-Driven Attorneys Fight for the Rights of Carpenters Injured on the Job in Philadelphia, PA
Like many other workers who work at busy and chaotic construction or renovation sites, carpenters are at risk of injury in workplace accidents. Even working in a more controlled manufacturing facility still present risk of injury to carpenters. Working around power tools is a demanding task for carpenters, but they can face additional risks working on a construction site or in someone’s home.
The lawyers of Marrone Law Firm, LLC understand that carpenters who are injured on the job may find themselves in a complicated and unique situation. We understand that your ability to obtain compensation for your injuries may be made more difficult due to the fact that you may be self-employed or working as an independent contractor. This can pose questions about who, if anyone, may be responsible to provide you with compensation for your workplace accident injuries.
Carpenters do the critical work of building our homes, offices, bridges, and other structures. When you are a carpenter injured performing this valuable work, you deserve to receive compensation for your injuries, especially if your injury is due to some danger or hazard that was under someone else’s control. Our experienced personal injury lawyers are ready to fight to get you the maximum amount of compensation available to you under the circumstances of your case. Contact us today to schedule a consultation with one of our workplace accident attorneys to learn more about your legal rights and options for compensation.
Carpenters can work in a wide variety of settings, such as a manufacturing facility producing wood-based products, a single-family home, other residential property, or commercial or office property. As a result, carpenters are exposed to the risk of a wide variety of injuries. Carpenters are required to work with dangerous power tools, such as saws, drills, and nail guns, and to work in precarious positions like upon on roofs or standing on ladders or scaffolding. Carpenters can also be injured by falling lumber, plywood, or other materials, or falling equipment.
Some of the common injuries that carpenters can suffer in a workplace accident include:
Let our dedicated workplace accident attorneys review the facts and circumstances of your case to determine what kinds of compensation you may be entitled to and help you to get that fair and full financial recovery.
In many cases, an employee who is injured on the job is eligible for workers’ compensation benefits from their employer. Most employers are required to ensure that workers’ compensation benefits are available to their eligible employees. However, when the injured employee is a carpenter, the availability of workers’ compensation benefits can be complicated when the injured carpenter is classified as an independent contractor since independent contractors are generally ineligible for workers’ compensation benefits.
At Marrone Law Firm, LLC, our attorneys will vigorously pursue every available option to provide you with compensation for your injuries. We have significant experience helping injured workers throughout the Philadelphia area. We will thoroughly review the facts and circumstances of your case to determine whether you are or should be eligible for workers’ compensation. If workers’ compensation is not an option for you, we can help you investigate other avenues for compensation like Social Security disability benefits or, if the facts and circumstances of your case support it, a personal injury claim against the party or parties who may be responsible for your injury.
If you are a Philadelphia carpenter injured in a workplace accident, our dedicated attorneys can help you pursue compensation for your injuries. We understand that potential avenues for compensation may be complicated by the circumstances of your accident and your employment. We are ready to put our experience to work for your to help you obtain the maximum compensation possible in your case. Contact us today to schedule a consultation with one of our workplace accident attorneys to learn more about your legal rights and options and about how we can help you get the financial recovery you need.
Having an attorney when you are a carpenter injured on the job is especially important when various parties, such as the owner of the project site or the company that hired you to perform carpentry work, try to disclaim liability for providing you compensation for your injury. Many carpenters work as sole proprietors or are hired on by construction companies as independent contractors. Although independent contractors are generally ineligible for workers’ compensation benefits, in some cases the hiring company may have improperly classified its workers under Pennsylvania law. When a carpenter is hired by a homeowner to perform work on his or her home, the homeowner may be unaware of legal duties he or she owes to the carpenter. A lawyer can help you navigate any complex issues in your workplace accident injury case and determine what avenues of compensation may be available to you.
If you are injured while performing carpentry work at someone’s home, you may be entitled to seek compensation from the homeowner if you have a viable premises liability claim. This would generally require you to show that you were injured by some dangerous or hazardous condition on the property that was under the homeowner’s control. As a practical matter, the homeowner’s insurance policy would provide you compensation for a premises liability claim. Our attorneys can help you evaluate the circumstances to determine whether you may be able to pursue a claim for compensation against a homeowner.
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