Cell Phone Tower Accident Injury Lawyer: Protecting Your Vital Legal Rights
Every day, people from across the United States suffer a cell phone tower accident injury. Oftentimes, a call phone tower accident results in severe and even fatal injuries. If you suffered a cell phone tower accident injury, or if you lost a loved one in this type of catastrophe, you need to understand your important legal rights. Your best course is to retain the services of an experienced cell phone tower accident injury lawyer, like a member of the tenacious legal team at The Doan Law Firm at (800) 349-0000.
Essential Facts about Cell Phone Tower Accidents
At the present time in the United States there are well over 100,000 cell phone towers in operation today. The number of cell towers increases each and every day. As a consequence, workers known as climbers are undertaking dangerous tasks on cell towers. At the same time, ground crews are also in harm’s way. Sadly, every year in addition dedicated workers being seriously injured or killed in cell phone tower accidents, innocent passersby meet similar ends as well.
As mentioned a moment ago, new cell phone towers are being erected at a brisk pace across the country. Completed, active towers are constantly in need of maintenance and repair. When it comes to workers tending to cell towers, the head of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, or OSHA, once remarked that these brave men and women have the most dangerous jobs around. In addition, being on the ground in the vicinity of people at work on cell phone towers presents a set of very real dangers not only to other workers but to the public at large. The U.S. Department of Labor reported that cell phone tower workers face a risk of fatal injury that is an alarming 25 to 30 percent greater than that of the average worker in the United States.
Most Frequent Causes of Cell Phone Accident Injuries
Because cell phone tower accidents nearly always involve something or another occurring at a great height, injuries usually are extremely serious. With that in mind, the most commonplace causes of cell phone accident injuries are:
Falling from great heights, sometimes as high as 500 feet
Falling objects or debris
Electrocution
Equipment failure
Equipment misuse
Hoisting incidents
Tower collapse
Most Common Cell Phone Tower Accident Injuries
The serious nature of injuries sustained in cell tower accidents simply cannot be overstated. The most commonplace types of cell tower accident injuries include:
Traumatic brain injury
Spinal cord damage
Broken bones
Burns
Internal injuries
A considerable percentage of workers and others injured in cell phone tower accidents end up with permanent disabilities. And, as was mentioned previously, fatal injures also occur with shocking frequency.
Who Is Responsible for Cell Phone Accident Injuries?
A cell phone tower accident lawyer is invaluable when it comes to identifying who is responsible for injuries sustained by a worker or a member of the public. The reality is that multiple parties typically are legally responsible for injuries, damages, and losses suffered by a person injured or killed in a call phone tower accident. These include:
Owner of the cell phone tower
Construction contractor
Construction subcontractor
Maintenance contractor
Repair contractor
Telecom service provider
A Cell Phone Tower Accident Lawyer Who Fights for You
A Doan Law Firm cell phone tower accident injury lawyer is here to fight and battle hard for you. You can connect with an experienced, dedicated attorney from our firm any time of the day or night by calling our cell phone tower accident hotline at (800) 349-0000. Our telephone connection is staffed 365 days a year, including all major holidays.
Our firm is a nationwide law practice, with 40 offices located across the country. We can schedule a no-cost, no-obligation initial consultation and case evaluation at any one of our offices, at your home, at the hospital, or any location that is convenient for you. We can also schedule a virtual appointment with a cell phone tower accident attorney online as well.
Our legal team makes a promise to you. The Doan Law Firm never charges an attorney fee for our services unless we win for you. We fight tirelessly on your behalf in an effort to not only win, but to win big.