Work Machine Injuries
Helping Victims of Work Machine Injuries
When a person is injured at work by equipment or vehicles, there may be complex liability issues involved. Workers' compensation may not provide adequate compensation, but a third party other than the employer may be liable for damages. If you have been seriously injured, or if a loved one was killed in the workplace, contact Gary Martin Hays & Associates to aggressively pursue full compensation for your losses.
Our Lawyers Understand Work Injury Claims
Based in Atlanta, our work injury attorneys have experience in all types of construction, industrial, warehouse and other work-related accidents. We know the severe nature of these injuries and their life-altering impact on the victim and the family.
Gary Martin Hays & Associates promptly investigates to determine what caused the injury. We have secured damages through legal action for many different types of work-related accidents:
- Machine press and other machinery injury, such as crushed hands and fingers or amputated arms
- Nail gun and other power tool injury, such as punctures, lost fingers, eye injury, nerve damage and deep lacerations
- Forklift injury, crane accidents and other heavy equipment injuries
- Collapsed scaffolding or falls from ladder
Work accidents often result in a disabling back injury or neck injury, broken bones and internal injury, catastrophic injury such as brain damage, paralysis or burns, and sometimes fatal injuries.
Compensation in Work-Related Injury
Georgia's workers' compensation law requires most employers to carry insurance to cover your medical expenses and lost wages. However, workers' comp may not fully cover ongoing treatment and replaces only a portion of your income. The attorneys of Gary Martin Hays & Associates work to ensure that you receive all workers' compensation benefits you are entitled to receive.
While you generally cannot sue your employer for workplace injuries, the facts of your case may support a product liability lawsuit against the manufacturer of the machine or equipment.
We Leave No Stone Unturned
Our lawyers investigate design defects and manufacturing defects, maintenance of machines, worker training, and whether safety guards on machines were removed or malfunctioning.
You may be able to collect both workers' compensation and third-party damages, including:
- Medical expenses and lost wages
- Lost earning capacity for permanent disability
- Loss of quality of life for permanent injury
- Pain and suffering resulting from the accident
Contact Gary Martin Hays & Associates. In a free case evaluation, we can explain your rights and determine if you have a third-party claim. Your recovery, both physically and financially, is our chief concern. We represent injury victims throughout Georgia from our offices in Atlanta and Athens.
