COVINGTON WRONGFUL DEATH LAWYER

Consumer products, vehicle parts, industrial equipment, and many other items can cause life-threatening injuries when design flaws or manufacturing oversights are involved. Sometimes, products contain toxic substances. In other cases, manufacturers fail to provide warnings about the risks associated with certain products.

These oversights tend to occur when manufacturers cut corners and fail to take necessary safety precautions, focusing on profits at the expense of safety and doing what’s right. In the worst cases, this type of negligence can cause fatal accidents with faulty products.

Life-ending accidents and injuries can occur at unsafe properties. These properties can be retailers, restaurants, entertainment venues, warehouses, industrial facilities, government buildings, schools — any location that exposes visitors to serious hazards.

Depending on the site and circumstances, wrongful deaths at risky properties can occur due to hazards, like (but not limited to):

• Failures to contain volatile or toxic substances
• Broken stair rungs and/or stair railings
• Broken elevators and/or escalators
• Improperly built or poorly maintained balconies and/or decks
• Improperly installed skylights
• Falling objects or merchandise

One workplace death occurs every 99 minutes in the U.S. (source: BLS). That adds up to about 15 people a day, with some occupations seeing far more fatalities than others. In fact, the latest work accident statistics reveal that (sources: OSHA & BLS):

• About 1 in 5 workplace deaths in the private sector affects a construction worker.
• Sales drivers and truckers are involved in about 1 out of 5 deadly work accidents.
• Recently, workplace deaths have surged among certain groups, including older workers (age 55+), Latinx workers, and grounds maintenance workers.
• Others with high risks of on-the-job death include oil field workers, loggers, fishermen, and roofers.