Blog Category - Worksite Accident

Oct

Construction Accident Tragedy: Another Deadly Crane Collapse

A tragic construction accident recently occurred in Downtown Fort Lauderdale, resulting in the death of a construction worker. A portion of a crane platform broke off, and fell to the ground, along with the construction worker. The debris and the worker plunged onto the SE 3rd Av...

Oct

Former NFL Star Mike Williams Dies Following Construction Site Accident

Mike Williams, a former star wide receiver for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, tragically lost his life due to an devastating construction site accident in Florida. Williams had been engaged in electrical work at a Tampa-area construction site when a steel beam struck him on the head...

Oct

Trip and Fall: Who Is At Fault in a Florida?

If you have suffered a slip and fall or a trip and fall in Florida, you may not have the slightest idea who the right party to seek damages from for your injuries would be. An important concept to understand in premises liability cases like slip and fall or trip and fall scenario...

Oct

Florida Emotional Distress Claim Faces an Uphill Battle

A construction worker who witnessed two co-workers falling off scaffolding to their deaths, while at work building a resort hotel near Walt Disney World in August 2018, has sued Marriott and the construction company responsible for building the hotel for emotional distress relate...

Oct

On-the-Job Death: Who is Responsible for this Drowning?

What has been called a freak accident at an apartment complex in Venice on Florida’s West Coast several weeks ago involving a landscaper and a lawn mower ended with an on-the-job death when the landscaper drowned in a lake after he was trapped underneath the lawn mower. The detai...

Oct

Construction Worker Loses Arm in Florida Worksite Accident

A construction worker on a work site in Hillsboro Beach in Broward County was recently catastrophically injured in an example of how dangerous construction sites can be for both those who work on such sites as well as persons who may just be passing by or happen to be in the vici...

Oct

Worksite Accident Turns Fatal as Demolition Goes Wrong

In a horrible tragedy that serves as a reminder of the dangers that worksite accidents pose to bystanders as well as employees on the worksite, a worker whose leg was severed during the demolition of a building in Miami Beach died from his injuries in the hospital more than a wee...

Oct

Pedestrian Bridge Collapses at Florida International University, Killing Six and Injuring Nine

In a Florida workplace accident that made national news headlines, a pedestrian bridge at Florida International University's (FIU) main campus in Miami collapsed on March 15th during structural testing that was being performed even though cracks had been discovered in the b...