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Are you aware of someone who have been injured or killed in a construction site? Perhaps all of us know the dangers of construction worksites. It is a fact that many a family have lost a breadwinner because of a construction accident.

Workers in the construction industry do not comprise a very big percentage of the total number of United States workforce. However, concerning worker injury and fatality rates, the construction industry sector has one of the highest percentages of such among all other industry sector in the country.

The basic causes of almost all construction accidents are fairly due to equipments used, work methods and site conditions. Here are some of the noted cases about construction accidents caused by equipments used:

- unsafe equipment
- improper installation of equipment parts and components
- inadequate maintenance of equipment
- misuse of equipment
- failure to use or misuse of safety equipments or gadgets
- workers’ lack of proper training in using equipments

Meanwhile, accidents occurring because of improper work method and unsafe work site condition may range from failure to install proper warnings and signs to failure in clearing or cleaning up a work area.

Many problems can be encountered involving ladders, scaffolds, areas of excavation, heavy equipments usage. There are also severe incidents involving burns, electrocution, explosions and even poisoning.

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