GWC Injury Lawyers attorney Bennett J. Baker recently obtained a $1.6 million settlement for an ironworker who severely injured his legs at a steel plant. Mr. Baker also negotiated the waiver of a $560,000.00 workers’ compensation lien for his client, raising the effective economic value of the settlement to $2.16 million. Ironworker Felled by Steel>> Read More

GWC Injury Lawyers partner Michael D. Fisher and attorney Bennett J. Baker have settled a lawsuit on behalf of a carpenter who was injured in a scaffold accident on a construction site for a value of more than $4,318,000.00. The Plaintiff, a union carpenter who was erecting siding at a multi-building construction site, was working>> Read More

GWC Injury Lawyers partner Michael D. Fisher and attorney Michael W. Kopsick have obtained a $1,725,000.00 settlement for their client, a union carpenter, who suffered extreme injuries during the construction of a grocery store because of work site negligence. The carpenter had been stepping through a doorway undergoing construction when he tripped over a segment>> Read More

GWC partner Michael D. Fisher has procured a $650,000.00 settlement for his client, a union carpenter, who tore the labrum of his left shoulder during the construction of a roof deck. GWC sued four separate entities, including the roof deck erector, the general contractor, and its subcontractors, for negligence. “Our client had been hired by>> Read More

Although construction sites are a naturally dangerous place to work, employers are legally obligated to provide construction workers with reasonably safe worksites. Certain construction worker rights are granted by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA). Employers have certain obligations to ensure the safety of employees, including: Maintaining a workplace free of predetermined hazards. Ensuring>> Read More

A Joliet construction contractor, P.T. Ferro, was recently cited by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) for exposing employees to unsafe trench working conditions. This is the seventh time the company has been cited by OSHA for similar hazards that endanger workers. The proposed penalties are $104,756 and include one willful and two serious>> Read More

Two West Loop construction sites have neighboring residents concerned for their safety. On Saturday, Aug. 6, two separate car accidents occurred around the sites at the corner of Washington Boulevard and Carpenter Street, causing one injury. A resident of a neighboring apartment building caught the aftermath of both accidents on video taken from his balcony.>> Read More

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) cited a Norridge roofing contractor and issued a fine of $115,000 for exposing workers to fall hazards on two Chicago area jobsites within a one-month period. The agency issued one serious, one willful and three repeated citations to Ziggys Roofing Inc. Upon visiting one Chicago area jobsite, OSHA>> Read More

A contract worker was killed and another worker was critically injured Saturday when a wall collapsed at Ford Motor Company’s Chicago Assembly Plant located on the Far South Side of the city. According to the Chicago Fire Department, the accident happened just before 11 a.m. in the part of the plant located in the 12600>> Read More

On Aug. 26, 2009, a construction superintendent was surveying an interstitial ceiling space in a high-rise building for the purpose of designing a mechanical system to be retrofit into the ceiling area. The area was unlit, filled with asbestos insulated trusses and numerous obstructions. The crew was dispatched with nothing but headlamps and no warning>> Read More

According to the Winnetka Fire Department, a 68-year-old construction worker was killed Wednesday, Nov. 4, in a fall accident while working on a house in Winnetka in the 300 block of Linden Street. The incident occurred around 11:50 a.m. The man was working on the base of the foundation for the home when he fell>> Read More

Work zones are dangerous for workers and drivers. Roadway work zones are often accompanied by lane changes, construction works and their equipment. It is especially important that drivers pay close attention to the signals, signs and equipment placed near work zones to avoid accidents. In honor of National Work Zone Safety Awareness Week (NWZAW), which>> Read More