{"id":184,"date":"2013-01-29T10:03:00","date_gmt":"2013-01-29T10:03:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/seidmanlaw-net.lawblogger.net\/blog\/defective-tools-cause-injury-death-at-illinois-worksites\/"},"modified":"2022-06-29T17:10:59","modified_gmt":"2022-06-29T22:10:59","slug":"defective-tools-cause-injury-death-at-illinois-worksites","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.seidmanlaw.net\/blog\/defective-tools-cause-injury-death-at-illinois-worksites\/","title":{"rendered":"Defective Tools Cause Injury, Death At Illinois Work Sites"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"item-meta h3\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.seidmanlaw.net\/category\/legal-articles\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Legal Articles<\/a> | January 29, 2013<\/p>\n<p>Everywhere we live, work or play, we&#8217;re beholden to the construction workers who put in the long hours and elbow grease to lay a foundation and build a safe, strong building for us to use. Residents in Chicago, Illinois, know that this city was built on that kind of blue-collar work ethic.<\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately, a construction site also can be one of the most dangerous places to work. That&#8217;s not surprising, given all the heavy equipment and power tools involved in the process. The danger of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.seidmanlaw.net\/workers-compensation\/workplace-injuries\/\">serious injury<\/a> or death, however, is much greater when tools used in construction have design defects or fail while in use.<\/p>\n<div class=\"read_more_link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.seidmanlaw.net\/blog\/defective-tools-cause-injury-death-at-illinois-worksites\/\"  title=\"Continue Reading Defective Tools Cause Injury, Death At Illinois Work Sites\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading \u203a<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Legal Articles | January 29, 2013 Everywhere we live, work or play, we&#8217;re beholden to the construction workers who put in the long hours and elbow grease to lay a foundation and build a safe, strong building for us to use. 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