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Workplace Amputation Lawsuit
The following information on a workplace amputation lawsuit is provided by Pritzker Olsen law firm. Our attorneys have recovered millions for amputation victims and have appeared on CBS News, Fox News and local television stations. Attorneys Fred Pritzker, Elliot Olsen and Eric Hageman were named "Super Lawyers" by Law & Politics for the current year, and Fred Pritzker is listed in the current edition of The Best Lawyers in America. For a free consultation regarding an amputation lawsuit, please call 1-888-377-8900 (toll free) or submit our online form for review by an amputation lawyer.
The failure to properly apply machine guarding techniques and the failure to adequately control associated energy hazards during servicing and/or maintenance activities are primary causes of amputations in the workplace.
Injuries involving machinery and equipment often result in death or permanent disability, and OSHA's inspection history indicates that employee exposures to unguarded or inadequately guarded machinery and equipment, together with associated hazardous energy employee exposures during servicing and maintenance activities, occur in many workplaces.
Although OSHA has extensive regulations regarding machine guarding and energy control standards, compliance with these regulations continues to be a problem. Many of the amputations that occur in the workplace are caused by non-compliance with OSHA regulations. When this happens, there are legal implications. For a free consultation with an amputation lawyer, please call 1-888-377-8900 (toll free).
Workplace amputations are most often sustained by employees in the following, according to OSHA:
- Construction Site
- Meat Packing Plant
- Poultry Slaughtering and Processing Plant
- Natural, Processed, and Imitation Cheese Plants
- Farm
- Bakery
- Commercial Kitchen
- Textile Plant
- Logging Operation
- Sawmill
- Planing Mill
- Hardwood Flooring Mill
- Cabinet Shop and Manufacturing Plant
- Wood Pallet Manufacturing Plant
- Wood Furniture Shop and Plant
- Paper Box Plant - Corrugated and Solid Fiber Boxes
- Plants that Package Paper and Plastics Film, Coated and Laminated
- Commercial Printing and Lithographic
- Plants That Make Plastics Products
- Companies That Manufacture Concrete Products
- Concrete Construction Companies
- Metalworking at a Plant, Construction Site or Other
- Plants Manufacturing Cold-Rolled Steel Sheet, Strip, Bar, Pipe and Tubing
- Companies that Use Cold-Rolled Steel Sheets, Strips and Bars, Pipes and Tubes
- Steel Foundries
- Boiler Shops
- Sheet Metal Work
- Architectural and Ornamental Metal Work
- Iron and Steel Forging
- Automotive Stamping
- Metal Stamping
- Companies that Use or Manufacture Fabricated Wire Products and Fabricated Metal Products
- Tool and Die Plant - Tools, Die Sets, Jigs and Fixtures and Industrial Molds
- Companies that Manufacture and Install Industrial and Commercial Fans and Blowers and Air Purification Equipment
- Heating and Air Conditioning Company – Manufacture, Installation and/or Maintenance
- Refrigeration Company – Manufacture, Installation and/or Maintenance of Refrigeration Equipment
- Automotive or and Motor Vehicle Part Plant - Parts and Accessories
Machinery and Equipment with Amputation Risk
- Mechanical Power Press
- Hydraulic Power Press
- Power Press Brake
- Shear
- Lathe
- Cold Header and Cold Former
- Drilling, Milling and Boring Machines
- Grinding Machinery
- Metal Sawing Machine
- Gear Cutting Machine
- Roll-Forming and Roll-Bending Machines
- Coil-Slitting Machine
- Pipe, Tube, and Shape Bending Machines
- Metal Powder Compacting Presses
- Horizontal Hydraulic Extrusion Press
- Equipment for Processing Strip, Sheet or Plate From Coiled Configuration
- External Cylindrical Grinding Machine (Centerless)
- External Cylindrical Grinding Machine (Universal)
- Printing Press
- Binding and Finishing Systems
- Guillotine Paper Cutter
- Abrasive Wheel
- Plastic Film and Sheet Winding Equipment
- Plastic Sheet Production Machinery
- Packaging Machinery and Packaging-Related Converting Machinery
- Three Roller Printing Ink Mill
- Woodworking Machinery
- Mechanical Power Presses, General Purpose Single Point
- Mechanical Power Transmission
- Screw Conveyor
- Roller Conveyor
- Belt Conveyor
- Belt Driven Live Roller Conveyor
- Chain Driven Live Roller Conveyor
- Packaging Handling Conveyor - Slant Conveyor
- Farm Machinery
Workplace Amputation Lawsuit:
Liability and Pain and Suffering
If a party other than your employer was at fault for the accident that led to your amputation, you may have claims for much more compensation than what you will receive from workers' compensation. 
For example, if defective machinery was at least part of the cause, you can sue the manufacturer of the machinery for pain and suffering, which includes emotional distress, disfigurement, loss of quality of life and other damages.
Possible liable parties other than your employer include the following:
- The manufacturer of defective machinery or equipment
- The owner of the property on which the accident took place, e.g., the owner of a construction site or manufacturing plant
- The owner of the machinery or equipment that injured you
- The owner of a vehicle
- A trucking company
- An employer
- The owner of freight being hauled in a tractor trailer
- The driver of a vehicle
- A construction company
When our law firm represents amputation victims, we do our own investigation to gather evidence regarding fault, liability and damages (the amount you should be compensated).
If you have been in an accident that resulted in an amputation, you may contact our law firm for a free consultation by calling toll-free at 1-888-377-8900 or submitting the firm’s online-consultation form.
Additional Amputation Lawsuit Information
- Amputation Compensation
- Amputation Lawyer
- Amputation Pain
- Amputation Resources
- Construction Accident Amputation
- Traumatic Amputation Lawsuit
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Fred Pritzker Listed in The Best Lawyers in America
Fred Pritzker is listed in The Best Lawyers in America for his work in personal injury and wrongful death litigation.
Super Lawyers
In recognition of their achievements, Fred Pritzker, Elliot Olsen and Eric Hageman were named Super Lawyers in the August 2009 edition of Law & Politics magazine. Fred Pritzker was also named a Top 100 Minnesota Super Lawyer and a Top 40 Minnesota Personal Injury Lawyer in same issue.
Lawn Mower Accident Amputation
Our lawyers have recently recovered a money damages for a child who suffered a below-the-knee amputation in a lawn mower accident.
Motorcycle Accident
Fred Pritzker recovered $6,000,000 for a 26-year-old female passenger whose right leg was traumatically amputated in a motorcycle accident involving a drunk driver and dram shop liability.
Defective Product
Fred Pritzker recovered $3,750,000 on behalf of a 39 year-old man whose left leg was amputated below the knee following injuries sustained in a recreational vehicle crash caused by a defective control mechanism.
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