Food processing plants are the beating heart of America, as they process millions of tons of food each year, and without them, the fresh chicken, the delicious eggs and delectable cheese and other foods won’t make it to your dining table. These plants usually hire workers in their hundreds, and these workers often work in high-risk environments that feature heavy machinery with cutting blades, in hot steam environments as well as around electrical infrastructure that can cause severe electrocution and burns if not managed in the proper manner. The pressure to produce is often relentless, and workers are monitored and sometimes not provided with adequate rest periods, training or PPE to protect them from the hazardous environments. From severe burns on account of hot oil systems to traumatic amputations and degloving injuries due to high speed slicers and conveyor belts with disabled safety guards, the injuries one can sustain at food processing plants can be life-altering and catastrophic.

To the untrained eye, these injuries may seem like flukes of nature or acts of god, but the reality is that over 90 percent of all injuries have a human negligence aspect to them; that is to say, nothing happens in a vacuum and more often than not, management or corporate decisions on cost-cutting are to blame, all done in an effort to increase maximum profit.

Even as workers’ compensation is made available for injured food processing workers, the reality is that these injuries are so severe that the average workers’ comp you may receive will barely cover your initial medical treatment bill, let alone life-long care and additional surgeries and rehabilitation. If you or a loved one got injured while working at a food processing plant, read on to find out how our factory worker injury attorneys can help hold the food conglomerate that hired you financially liable for your injuries via a gross negligence claim.

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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. If you got injured while working at a food processing factory anywhere in the country, please call us NOW to learn more about your legal options for justice and compensation.

Here are some of the injurious hazards associated with working in food processing plants

1. Crush injuries and amputations due to the presence of machine parts such as conveyors, mixers, slicers and grinders, which if not properly maintained or if workers are pressured to work for extended amounts of time and clear jams within an unreasonable timeframe, could cause injuries due to fatigue or inattention
2. Ammonia-related burns and fatalities due to the fact that these plants use this gas as a refrigerant. If not handled properly, the gas can be corrosive and toxic; a faulty valve or release from a corroded pipe may lead to its release, causing immediate respiratory damage skin and eye chemical burns and even fatalities
3. Slip, trip and fall hazards due to improper or negligent sanitization schedules where oil, water and product are left on the food processing plant floor for an unreasonable amount of time. Should one slip on these substances, they may suffer spinal cord injury, or a traumatic brain injury.

In order to successfully sue a national food conglomerate for your injuries, we target the following:

1. The food processing company such as JBS, Cargill, Tyson Foods and so on; these entities are usually deep-pocketed and can compensate you for their negligence in creating an unreasonably dangerous worksite
2. The plant owner or operator who is more often than not a subsidiary for their direct negligence
3. The equipment manufacturer if it is deemed that the machine had a design or manufacturing defect which may have led to your injuries, opening up the potential for filing a product liability claim.

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If you or a loved one suffered a catastrophic amputation, severe burns, or other life-altering injury while working in a food processing plant, 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.