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: DC Metro Area Personal Injury Law Blog

16 American Workers Die Every Day Due To Unsafe Workplaces

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Posted by: Salvatore J. Zambri, founding partner

All too often, employers consider profits over people, allowing their job sites to fall short of applicable safety standards, endangering American workers. There are strict federal and local laws in place that govern workplace safety. Unfortunately, these laws are often ignored and poorly enforced. As a result, workers are killed or otherwise seriously injured every day.

Please take a look at a video that you can view by clicking here. It dramatically explains how workers are needlessly killed or injured as a result of preventable incidents.

There are workers'-compensation laws in every state that provide benefits to injured workers. My office handles those kinds of claims routinely. However, those laws do not make the workplace safer, which should be the primary goal. Employers need to create safe work environments so that deaths and serious injuries can be avoided in the first place. If they fail to adhere to the laws governing safe work environments, they should be shut down. It's a matter of life and death.

About the author:

Mr. Zambri is a Past-President of the Trial Lawyers Association of Metropolitan Washington, D.C. and has been rated by Washingtonian magazine as a "Big Gun" and among the "top 1%" of all lawyers in the Washington metropolitan area. The magazine also describes him as "one of Washington's best--most honest and effective lawyers" who specializes in personal injury matters, including work-related injuries, serious truck and car collisions, and medical malpractice. He has successfully litigated numerous cases against employers, obtaining some of the largest recoveries ever reported. Mr. Zambri has also been named a "Super Lawyer" by Super Lawyer magazine (March/April 2009)--a national publication that honors the top lawyers in America.

Mr. Zambri is regularly asked to give presentations to lawyers and businesses regarding product defects, automobile accident litigation, and safety improvements.

Mr. Zambri has authored a handbook regarding workers-compensation cases. To read it, please click here.

If you want more information about your legal rights, please email Mr. Zambri at szambri@reganfirm.com or call him at 202-822-1899.

Full post as published by DC Metro Area Personal Injury Law Blog on December 12, 2009 (boomark / email).