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 CONSTRUCTION INJURY CASES
 According
to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, “construction workers are
exposed to a wider
variety of hazards and face a greater risk of work-related
injuries or fatalities than
employees in any other United States industry.
The lost work day case
rate for the construction industry was 5.7 per 100 full-time
workers, the highest of any major economic sector”.
Construction injuries
occur for a variety of reasons, including but not limited
to, poorly kept work sites, unsafe tools or equipment,
defective or faulty ladders, lack of job safety,
i.e. fall protection, lack of instruction and/or job safety
on the construction site, open
holes in floors under construction, and human error.
 According
to the Illinois Workers’ Compensation Commission, roughly
250,000 work related accidents occur each year. Most of
these cases do not result in lost time from work. The
Illinois Workers’ Compensation Commission reports that
approximately 60,000 claims are filed with the Workers’
Compensation Commission per year. In 2006, there were 56,911
cases filed. In 2005, 58,715 cases were filed. Of those 2006
cases, 946 were filed in McHenry County, Woodstock,
Illinois. In 2005, 944 cases were filed in McHenry County.
In 2006, 2,066 cases were filed in Waukegan, Lake County,
Illinois; in 2005, there were 2,178 cases filed.
 Of
the reported cases filed with the Illinois Workers’
Compensation Commission in 2006, 23% involved neck or back
injuries; 30% involved shoulder, arm or hand injuries; and
18% involved the foot, knee or leg. If you or a loved one
was working and injured on a
construction site, you have a workers’ compensation case.
Recovery against your employer is limited solely to the
benefits set forth in the Illinois Workers’ Compensation
Act. Attorney David N. Rechenberg can help you with your
workers’ compensation case, to obtain all the benefits you
are entitled to under the Act.
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Compensation cases in the following Cities, towns and villages in McHenry
County Illinois : Algonquin, Barrington, Bull Valley, Cary, Crystal Lake,
Fox Lake, Fox River Grove, Harvard, Hebron, Holiday Hills, Huntley, Island
Lake, Johnsburg, Lake in the Hills, Lakemoor, Lakewood, Marengo, McCullom
Lake, McHenry, Oakwood Hills, Port Barrington, Prairie Grove, Richmond,
Spring Grove, Union, Wonder Lake and Woodstock. If you were injured at work
in McHenry County call Franks & Rechenberg, P.C.
Franks & Rechenberg, P.C. handles Lake County Workers Compensation cases in
the following Cities, towns and villages in Lake County Illinois : Antioch,
Barrington, North Barrington, Lake Barrington, Fox Lake, Gurnee, Grayslake,
Lake Villa, Ingleside, Lindenhurst, Round Lake, Round Lake Beach, Round Lake
Heights, Round Lake Park, Waukegan, Wauconda, Zion, Highland Park,
Libertyville, Mundelein, Long Grove. If you were injured in Lake County call
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