Fort Myers Construction Zone Accident Lawyer

Data compiled by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) shows that there were just over 12.5 fatalities per 100,000 full-time equivalent (FTE) construction workers nationwide in 2023. There were undoubtedly far more individuals, builders and non-workers alike, who suffered varying degrees of injuries on the job and on or around construction sites.

If you happen to be one of those people who, unfortunately, suffered serious injuries on one of these sites or you have a family member who prematurely died on one, know that you don’t have to be left with the burden of picking up the pieces all alone after what happened. Our Fort Myers construction zone accident lawyer can help.

Deciding whether and how to best take legal action to hold a responsible party accountable for their negligence or intentional acts requires some careful thought and planning, which is why we offer free strategy sessions to our prospective clients. Get in touch with us to meet with an attorney in our office at Titan Law now. We’re eager to speak with you.

Types of Construction Accidents We Handle at Titan Law

Whether you work on a building site, in road construction, or in similar roles or not, you probably have a general idea of the varied injury incidents that can occur in or around these areas. Our construction zone accident attorneys in Fort Myers have chosen to focus on transportation-related events, including:

Heavy Equipment Accidents

This is a broad category that may include a wide range of machinery found in building materials storage depots on construction worksites and on or around the job site itself. Some commonly involved heavy equipment involved in injury accidents include:

• Cranes: Improper maintenance, ineffective installation or usage, and high winds that cause cranes to topple over are just a few examples of issues involving this heavy machinery that can cause catastrophic, and often fatal, injuries.
• Excavators and bulldozers: These tractor-like pieces of equipment are ever-present on building sites since they’re used for digging, lifting, and other needs. One often sees operators moving about quickly, and if they neglect to pay attention to their surroundings, they might demolish a structure someone is standing on, roll over someone nearby, drop a load on a person, or strike them with the bucket’s serrated or straight-edge shovel. Additionally, if utilized on an uneven surface, there’s a potential of the equipment tipping over on its side, crushing someone beneath it.
• Forklifts: Also used for lifting heavy machinery from one level to another, forklifts pose the risk of being suddenly placed in reverse and pinning someone between an inanimate object (like a wall) and the transportation vehicle. Also, if not properly picked up, a forklift’s load can come loose and unexpectedly fall on bystanders.

Motor Vehicle Collisions

While some, if not all, of the examples above, could certainly fall into this category in some people’s minds, we reserved it for incidents involving automobiles. As far as these are concerned, each Fort Myers construction zone accident lawyer on our staff often handles:

• Dump truck accidents: It’s common for these trucks to bring dirt, gravel, and other materials to and from a building site. All it takes is for its operator to back up or drop a load without looking to strike or bury someone. Additionally, if there are low-lying power lines, it’s possible for the bed of the truck to strike them when in an upright position, not only causing electrocutions but for the poles they’re affixed to come tumbling to the ground, crushing someone beneath in the process.
• Flat-bed tractor-trailer accidents: It’s not uncommon for building materials, like steel beams, concrete barriers, etc., to be delivered to construction sites on a flat-bed 18-wheeler. There are all types of issues that can happen outside of when a crane is hoisting these materials off of them that lead to bystanders’ injuries or death, such as a situation where a load gets loose and strikes a nearby automobile, harming its occupants.
• Concrete truck accidents: It’s not uncommon for building sites to have a lot of concrete trucks coming and going from them. Not only may its operator prematurely dump its load, burying someone under it, but accidents can happen when these truckers are coming and going from job sites. It’s not uncommon for them not to see pedestrians on sidewalks as they enter sites or to pull out ahead of a vehicle when there’s not ample space to do so, causing bad crashes.

In addition to the above, there are construction forepersons, site supervisors, parts manufacturers, or mechanics’ vehicles that may come and go from any type of construction site and all become involved in striking someone or something, causing injuries or death.

No matter the type of transportation-involved situation that injured you in or around a work site, Titan Law can help. Get in touch with us to speak with a Fort Myers construction zone accident lawyer for a complimentary strategy session. We’re here to help you.

Why Do Transportation-Involved Injuries Near Fort Myers Construction Sites Occur?

In our experience, these injury accidents happen for a few different reasons, including due to factors such as:

• Inexperience: This can be because a trucker or operator, for example, wasn’t properly trained in how to handle certain situations or use specific machinery
• A lack of supervision: This can happen if there’s no site management to supervise and potentially reprimand a worker (or another party) potentially acting wrongfully before an injury incident occurs
• Ineffective maintenance: Machinery requires maintenance to perform as intended. If it’s not performed, a failure that leads to catastrophic or deadly consequences like construction zone accidents can happen.
• Distractions: Not paying attention to where one’s going or what others are doing because a person is focused on their phone or something else can lead to preventable accidents
• Ineffective safety measures being in place: From failures to wear reflective clothing, to make audible warnings that one’s backing up or dropping a load, ensure a truck’s height doesn’t make it too close to power lines, etc. are all situations that, if not accounted for, can lead to avoidable injury incidents.
• Failures to warn: Construction sites should include a lot of signage warning of potential dangers associated with them, like an abundance of vehicles coming and going from there or to be aware of the constant hoisting of heavy loads by cranes so that everyone is aware of them and can take precautions to avoid an accident.

There are certainly many more issues than the ones above that can lead to someone getting hurt on a building site. What do most of them share in common? Negligence of some sort. In other words, they’re situations where had someone done something differently, the adverse outcome wouldn’t have likely occurred.

Fortunately, Florida law allows injury victims and the surviving family members of the prematurely deceased to take legal action in situations like these where someone’s wrongful actions unnecessarily caused an injury or death.