Los Angeles Construction Accident Lawyer May Be Needed After Worker Burned

Moorpark, CAA Los Angeles construction accident lawyer could be needed after the California Division of Occupational Safety and Health (Cal-OSHA) recently launched an investigation into an incident in which a worker suffered first- and second-degree burns, the Ventura County Star reports.

span itemprop="image" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/ImageObject" style="display:block">The worker was reportedly burned when a backhoe hit an underground power line, which also knocked out electricity for approximately 3,300 people, according to the news provider.

Krisann Chasarik, a spokeswoman for Cal-OSHA, said that the agency's Ventura office has opened an investigation into the incident due to the severe nature of the worker's injuries.

"If the injuries were something minor like a broken arm, then we wouldn't investigate," Chasarik told the news source. "But when you're talking about burns or loss of a limb or anything along those lines, then yes."

The worker, whose name was not given out to the public, had been released from Los Robles Hospital & Medical Center in Thousand Oaks, the news source said.

According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, 4,340 people died in workplace accidents in 2009.