The work of an arborist is documented as being one of the most dangerous jobs in America, with a fatality rate of almost fifteen times more than the average job. That said, there are some individuals who love working with nature and are glad to be hired to cut down large and small trees alike, trusting that their employer has their back when it comes to proper training, the issuance of working and well-maintained equipment and a generous workers’ compensation plan should anything go wrong. However, this isn’t how this industry works as evidenced by the number of catastrophic injuries and fatalities.

A fall from a branch while perched 50 feet in the air isn’t pleasant and doesn’t just result in a simple bruising; oftentimes, one suffers broken legs, a crushed spine and even a severed artery due to chainsaw kickback. While workers’ compensation may seem like a godsend in such instances, it is almost always woefully insufficient for your injuries, and without proper legal representation, you may be looking at permanent disability and a fast descent into poverty due to an inability to work. If you’re an arborist who believes that company policy and holes in their safety and other systems or any other form of company negligence led to your injuries, read on to learn how we can help you recover compensation for your arborist injuries.

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Are you looking for an injury lawyer? Please call us NOW at (314) 481-63338 to learn more about your legal options for justice and compensation. The experienced, countrywide personal-injury attorneys at McCready Law have combined experience spanning over 90 years where we’ve helped tens of thousands of injured Americans from all corners of the country as well as from various socioeconomic backgrounds, helping them recover money damages after getting injured on account of the negligent actions of other individuals or large corporations.

To date, we have recovered over $260 million and counting for our clients, and our success is due to a number of factors such as personally handling all claims that come into the firm and not letting paralegals or inexperienced legal assistants work on them as seen in most law firms, our commitment in making sure that we put a capable and aggressive team for each claim made of physicians, investigators as well as industry-respected experts, as well as not being afraid to litigate claims in a court of law if we believe the client deserves maximum compensation based on your injuries or the actions of the defendant.

We also work with a team of well-renowned experts in the medical, investigative, forensic, and accounting fields in order to come up with a case replete with objective evidence, medical rationale for your injuries tying them to the accident and the defendant’s negligence as well as quantifying your injuries by way of compensable damages to ensure you get the compensation you truly deserve. We run a bilingual firm (hablamos Español), and we have nationwide reach thanks to our vast and trusted network of referral attorneys. Last but not least is the fact that we take on all cases on a contingency-fee basis, which simply means that there are ZERO UPFRONT FEES for the duration of the processing of your claim, as we only levy our fees at the end of the suit, and only if we’ve recovered compensation on your behalf.

How Do Arborist Injuries Happen?

Here are some acts of negligence that may lead to arborist injuries:

1. Sending a climber into a tree that clearly has broken, dead or unstable limbs before removing these hazards can be said to have created a negligent condition
2. Giving a climber worn ropes, faulty carabiners, or uninspected harnesses may be construed as conscious disregard for life as these equipment may have a higher failure rate
3. Lack of training and safety protocol whereby the company doesn’t train the arborists it hires on the American National Standard for Arboricultural Operation or ANSI Z133 making it more likely for them to be electrocuted, have a chainsaw rip into them, and so on.
4. Pushing workers past their physical boundaries leading to exhaustion and working in inclement weather such as high winds, lightning storms leading to injurious events

Proving Company Nelgigence When You Get Injured as an Arborist

Even when workers’ compensation is present for these incidents, it is important to note that one can sue their employer directly if one’s injuries were the direct result of said employer’s willful, wanton or reckless conduct or intentional disregard for safety. In the legal world, this is what is known as the “intentional tort” exception that ends up as an actionable lawsuit.

To this end, there needs to be a forensic investigation proving this pattern:

1. We shall examine the company’s OSHA 300 logs of prior incidents to see if they have a clear history of violations
2. We shall take note of employee testimony and crew interviews to see if their safety complaints were ignored or were pressured to cut corners
3. We shall forensically examine the ropes, harnesses, chainsaws and other rigging gears for defects, improper maintenance and so on which may have led to your accident and injuries.

Countrywide Injury Attorneys — Call Us Today!

If you are a tree worker who suffered a catastrophic spinal cord injury, traumatic brain injury, or severe orthopedic trauma due to the negligence of your arborist company employer, McCready Law has your back — simply give us a call NOW at (314) 481-63338 so we can speak with one of our experienced and attentive injury attorneys regardless of where you are in the country. Remember, the call is 100% FREE, and there is no legal obligation and nothing to sign. Thank you for choosing McCready Law; we look forward to helping you get the justice and compensation you deserve.