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by Erik D. Bair

12/31/2010
Corey Walker
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Failure to Follow Construction Site Regulations

In the United States, construction site regulations are established by the Occupational Safety and Health Act (OHSA), which was enacted in 1970. These regulations were established to protect the health and safety of employees in the workplace. The OSHA regulations set standards for worksites such as:

general safety and health;
protective equipment;
rigging equipment for the handling of materials;
fire prevention;
electrical wiring design;
scaffold specifications; and
fall protection.

A failure to abide by OSHA safety regulations may result in a construction accident in Iowa. If you have been injured in a construction accident in Iowa, and OSHA and other safety standards were violated, you may be able to use such violations as evidence in your Iowa Workers' Compensation claim.

To help your Workers' Compensation claim get addressed as efficiently as possible, you may find it will help to hire an experienced Des Moines Workers' Compensation lawyer to keep you organized and protect your rights during the claims process.

In an Iowa Workers' Compensation claim, you may recover your medical expenses and a percentage of any wages that you've lost, and any wages that you may lose in the future, depending on the extent of your injuries. A Des Moines Workers' Compensation lawyer can help you understand your rights and if necessary, negotiate for a better settlement with the insurance company.

Contacting a Des Moines Workers' Compensation Lawyer

An injury in the workplace can have devastating consequences. The Des Moines Workers' Compensation lawyer team at Walker, Billingsley & Bair work hard to level the field between injured Iowans and insurance companies. To learn more about what our legal team will do to help you protect your Iowa injury claim, contact Walker, Billingsley & Bair to schedule a no cost consultation - 1-888-792-3595.

Category: Workers Compensation

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Aaron of Clinton says "very trust worthy, knowledgeable and made me very comfortable with this case as I never had a Worker Comp case before. He always returned my calls and e-mails in a timely manner and answered every question I had as I had a lot of them. His books were very useful to me in this case as well."
Truck Driver working for an Iowa trucking company hired Corey to handle his complicated case
Injured worker from Des Moines hurt his back after falling and says Corey did a good job and responded to his many phone calls.
Mr. Bair was very helpful in my case and he was very respectful.

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