FORT WORTH, TX — Two people were taken to the hospital after an industrial accident that happened in North Fort Worth, Texas on Monday, December 29th, 2014. The article from NBC DFW said that the accident happened around 12:30 Monday afternoon.
Police in charge of the investigation said that one person was hurt by a falling metal beam, while the other sustained burn injuries from a cutting torch. The news report did not say what happened in the accident, only that it took place at a metal scrap yard on Hicks Field Road.
Both men were taken by CareFlite to area hospitals.
The investigation into the accident is currently ongoing at this time.
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Commentary:
With work accidents, people seem to think that everybody at a job site works for the same company, but this is actually not how a lot of modern business work. In reality, there are several companies working at places like oil fields and metal scrap yards. Some companies deliver metal, a welding contractor may cut them down to size, another heavy equipment contractor may load them, and yet another company will haul things out. If these victims did not work for the company that caused the accident, there is a real possibility that the claim would not be with workers’ compensation against the victim’s employer, but with the actual company that caused the accident. Any situation that avoids workers’ compensation tends to be much more favorable to victims because the company won’t have the opportunity to low-ball the compensation without a fight.
— Grossman Law Offices
