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Do You Need Compensation to Recover from a Nail Gun Construction Accident?

Nail guns changed the construction industry. When you’re building, time is money, and nail guns save you time.

But any time you’ve got a machine that uses compressed air or electricity to fire as many as 10 nails per second at 1,400 feet per second—basically the equivalent of a .22-caliber rifle—injury is a risk.

If you suffered a nail gun injury at work that interrupted your life, you can and should receive compensation to support you while you heal.

Nail guns lead to an estimated 37,000 emergency room visits every year, two-thirds of which involve construction workers, according to the Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC).

Injuries can range from lacerations to puncture wounds that damage internal organs.

Ohio has a workers’ compensation system to cover medical benefits and lost wages for workers. There are cases where you can pursue a personal injury claim against someone who used a nail gun recklessly.

An experienced nail gun injury lawyer can help you make the best decision for you and your family to protect your future after you’re hurt on the job.

At Horenstein, Nicholson & Blumenthal (HNB), our Ohio personal injury and workers’ compensation attorneys have won compensation for thousands of hardworking Ohioans over more than 40 years.

If you live in Cincinnati, Cleveland, Columbus, Dayton or anywhere in Ohio, we can help you get what you need to put this trauma behind you.

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    How Do You Prevent Nail Gun Injury?

    Nail guns, so common on construction sites and most often used by carpenters and roofers, take training and precautions to keep them safe.

    Safety starts with a nail gun trigger. Guns have different designs, but typically, they have a finger trigger and a contact tip that must be pressed to the work surface to project a nail.

    Some guns limit firings to one nail per trigger pull. Others allow you to hold down the trigger and fire a nail every time the contact tip is depressed.

    Various situations lead to nail gun injuries:

    • A nail gun double fires, shooting a second nail unexpectedly
    • Something knocks the contact tip off its intended target while the trigger is depressed
    • A nail shoots all the way through the target material
    • A nail ricochets off the work surface
    • A person using the nail gun fails to be sure other people are clear of danger
    • A nail gun user slips and injures themselves

    Nail gun injuries are painful puncture wounds potentially to any part of the body. Workers should be trained to provide first aid and know how to call for assistance.

    Workers and their employers must take precautions to keep themselves and their coworkers safe. According to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), steps include:

    • Properly train all workers to operate the nail gun models being used 
    • Inspect nail guns to make sure they’re functioning correctly
    • Provide and wear personal protection equipment (PPE), such as heavy-duty boots, eye protection and hard hats
    • Report close calls and discuss what happened to improve training 

    After a nail gun injury, you have serious decisions to make.

    Understanding whether to pursue workers’ compensation, an appeal to an insurance company or a personal injury claim can be confusing, especially when you’re most worried about your recovery and future job prospects.

    At HNB Law, we help you know your rights and fight for them.

    We have won more than $500,000,000.00 million in awards, benefits and settlements for hardworking Ohioans injured on the job. 

    Let’s talk today. We’ll evaluate your case for free.

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    After A Nail Gun Injury, How to Get Compensated

    Nail gun injuries could fall into several categories that make you eligible for financial relief:

    If you were a worker on the job and got hurt, you should file a workers’ compensation claim with the Ohio Bureau of Workers Compensation (BWC).

    Ohio is a “no-fault” state when it comes to jobsite accidents, meaning that you can’t sue your employer for your injury. (The only exception would be if your employer deliberately acted with an intent to hurt you.)

    Likewise, your employer cannot hold you responsible for your injury. You’re entitled to workers’ compensation, period. These benefits help you pay for medical bills and maintain financial stability when you can’t work during your recovery.

    If the nail gun was defective or designed poorly, you could level a product liability claim against the manufacturer under personal injury law. This can yield an award or settlement if the manufacturer was negligent.

    If a visitor to the construction site where you were working, or an employee with a different contractor, caused the nail gun accident, you have the option of filing a personal injury claim against them (because they’re not your employer covered by workers’ comp.)

    This expands your compensation options beyond medical expenses and lost wages to also include payment for pain and suffering or a diminished enjoyment of life.

    And if you were visiting a property where someone was using a nail gun and they hurt you with the nail gun, you could have a personal injury premises liability claim because the property owner and people working there failed to keep it safe.

    Which avenue to take depends on the details of your case, and every case is different.

    Our construction accident lawyer team at HNB can help you sift through those details, understand your rights, and make the right decision when it comes to winning benefits, awards or settlements after a nail gun injury.

    Let us help you recover the life you knew before this incident and start building toward the future.

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