The Personal Injury Scaffolding Accident Lawyer and Ladder Accident attorneys at Bisogno & Meyerson, LLP., have decades of experience in handling of on-the-job personal injury claims, as well as, worker’s compensation construction site accident claims, relating to Scaffolding and Ladder Accidents. These accidents can happen to workers using the scaffolding or ladders and those workers around it due to a failure to comply with established safety measures, defective equipment, improper use of equipment and other work site neglect. Our New York City law firm is proud to have served seriously injured construction workers, by bringing scaffold and ladder accident cases, and workers compensation claims, on their behalf. These Construction area ladder and scaffold related injury claims have resulted in multi-million dollar verdicts and settlements, over the years, throughout New York State, Brooklyn, Queens, Manhattan, Bronx & Staten Island.

 As you look around New York, the increase in the construction and remodeling of office buildings, shopping centers, schools, places of worship, medical centers, parking decks, transit centers and infrastructure projects is steadily increasing. These construction projects often involve the use of scaffolds, including Baker Scaffold, Mobile Scaffolds, Stationary Scaffolds, Special Scaffolds, Swinging or Suspended Scaffolds, Pipe Scaffolds, Boatswains’s Chairs, Single-Point Scaffolds, ladders, cranes, and of course safety equipment, each which, if not utilized properly, can provide many opportunities for construction workers to get hurt, while working, causing serious personal injuries, and wrongful death. The New York construction industry employs a multitude of trades people and laborers, who often work from scaffolds and ladders, including painters, welders, electrical pole workers, carpenters, heavy equipment operators, electricians, pipefitters, roofers, and structural iron and steel workers. These construction contractors and workers are required to acquire licenses, permits, and safety training, and to adhere to certain safety rules and regulations on the job site, including those set forth in New York Labor Law Section 240, which is designed to protect workers from being hurt while working on scaffolds and ladders from heights, which safety laws are not properly followed, cause often result in worker physical injury, including catastrophic brain, neck, and spinal cord injuries, and sometimes, even death.