Heavy Equipment Operators
Chicago workers’ compensation lawyers often encounter claimants who have been injured while working on or around heavy machinery. Anyone who labors in close proximity to multi-ton machines that generate lots of heat and toxic exhaust is at higher risk for developing a wide array of medical problems. Here is an incomplete list of common heavy equipment injuries:
- Crushing injuries – the fantastic forces which construction grade machinery employ to build, degrade, or support large projects can do swift and significant damage to human tissues and bone. Some common crushing injuries include rollovers, pinching, compression, and torsion (twisting related) injuries.
- Burns – heavy machinery can get extremely hot, particularly during operation. If an unlucky or careless construction worker touches hot metal or puts inflammable liquids too close to said machinery, scorching and disfiguring burns can result.
- Falls – Some pieces of heavy machinery -- particularly cranes, bulldozers and hoisting devices -- can put workers at extremely high risk of falling. A drop down an unguarded fifty foot elevator shaft can obviously lead to severe injuries and even death. But a three foot fall out of a truck cab can be just as dangerous, depending on circumstances.
- Inhalation injuries – Industrial machines often use diesel fuels and emit noxious fumes while operating. The dust and debris kicked up by these machines combined with the fuel and exhaust spewed into the air can cause asthma, fainting, and dizziness. These problems can then lead to errors in judgment which can then cause other onsite injuries.
The attorneys of Steven J. Malman & Associates, PC, have worked with over 6,000 Chicago personal injury and workers’ compensation clients since 1994. Attorney Malman is a passionate, aggressive, and well versed advocate for injured victims, and he and his team have vast and deep experience with practically every kind of Illinois workers’ compensation matter under the sun. Find out more about the firm’s philosophy and methodology at www.malmanlaw.com or phone 1-888-MALMAN-LAW for a free consultation. Our no-fee guarantee means that, unless we collect money for you, you don’t pay a penny for our services.
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$1,225,000 settlement for a speedway patron who got hit by a baseball-sized rock kicked up by a race car. The rock hit her so hard, she needed an emergency tracheostomy and brain surgery.
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$6,000,000 settlement for our client, a 4 month old baby whose doctors had failed to diagnose a brain infection that left her with permanent brain damage and cerebral palsy.
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$11,800,000.00 in a product liability settlement for a father of five who tragically died when his tire treads failed, causing his vehicle to roll over.
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We obtained a $5 million settlement for a woman whose son died when his physician failed to diagnose a tumor.
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A woman recovered $2.25 million in a medical malpractice case, in which the woman's obstetrician/gynecologist failed to spot her cancer on a pap smear, causing our client to have to undergo multiple, surgeries.
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A $2 million verdict was obtained for a woman whose Ob/Gyn failed to refer her to a gynecologist to treat what turned out to be a malignant uterine sarcoma.
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We obtained a $1.7 million settlement in a nursing home neglect case in which a 72 year-old man suffered radiator burns so severe that he had to have his legs amputated.
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We obtained a $1.4 million award in a slip and fall case involving a 13 year-old boy who developed severe hip trouble after falling down the stairs of his high-rise.
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A $1.25 million settlement in favor of our client, an 18 year-old boy who lost most of his vision after being assaulted by a security guard.
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We obtained a $1.15 million settlement for our client, a little girl who suffered severed burns as a direct result of fire code ordinance violations.
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A union painter whose legs got crushed by a forklift recovered $1 million in damages.
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A $1 million settlement in favor of our client, a hemophiliac, who suffered severe soft tissue damage in a car accident.
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A union steel worker who injured his back moving a 300 pound steel beam in the rain recovered $1 million for his construction site work injury.
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We obtained a $900,000 settlement in the case of a beaten prison inmate who died after being given the wrong medication at the hospital.
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We obtained a $600,000 settlement for a man who suffered a below the knee amputation after his friend accidentally shot him with a hunting rifle at a restaurant.
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A 54 year-old woman recovered $600,000 in a product liability settlement after her oven mitt exploded and severely burned her breasts.
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A woman who had lost her baby to fetal distress while in the hospital was awarded $500,000 for medical malpractice.
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An 81 year-old bedridden stroke victim recovered $390,000 after he developed what would turn out to be fatal pressure ulcers stemming from negligent nursing care.
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A nursing home resident won a settlement of $300,000 stemming from a hip fracture accident. His nursing staff had failed to take proper fall-risk precautions.
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We obtained a settlement of $250,000 for the estate of a 21 year-old man who, after sustaining life-threatening injuries in an automobile accident, subsequently died in the hospital due to the staff's failure to insert a chest tube.
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We obtained a settlement of $175,000 for the estate of a woman whose negligent nursing home care resulted in bed sore ulcers that led to an infection that ultimately caused her death.
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We obtained a $150,000 settlement for a 69 year-old stroke victim who had to have an above the knee amputation due to nursing home neglect.
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A $150,000 verdict was recovered for the estate of a 79 year-old man, who suffered bed sores stemming from nursing home neglect that ultimately contributed to his death.
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