If you’re hurt on the job, your remedies might be limited offered by Workers’ Compensation, but on the job injuries are often the fault of a person or company other than your employer. In that case, you can recover money from Workers’ Compensation and file against the person or company who caused your injuries.</p>
Oregon law places the responsibility for workplace safety on all contractors and subcontractors, requiring them to use ever
y practical safety precaution to prevent injuries on a jobsite or workplace.
This law is powerful. It puts people over profits.
We recently represented the foreman of a siding company who became paralyzed from the waist down because he fell from a ladder when scaffolding collapsed. He won a settlement against the general contractor who didn’t bother to make sure that equipment on the jobsite was safe.
Other jobsite injury cases our attorneys have handled include a paper plant workman who suffered serious chemical burns, a worker who fell from a platform, and workers injured by dangerous vehicles and shoddy machinery.