To Pursue an Injured Worker's Claim

Remember the Following:

1. Most unintentional injuries are preventable.
2. Most unintentional injuries have multiple causes.
3. Contact with an uncontrolled hazard causes injuries.
4. Safety is not just the responsibility of the worker.
5. You must look beyond what the injured worker did.
6. Analyze the design of the machinery, equipment or facility.
7. The design is defective if a hazard that caused the injury could have been eliminated or safeguarded economically.
8. You have a products liability case against the machine manufacturer if you can prove:
   1. The product was defective when used.
   2. The defect existed when the product was manufactured.
   3. The defect was the proximate cause of the injury.
   4. The specific use of the product that caused the injury was reasonably foreseeable.