Maybe you are familiar with the Federal Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA). This agency maintains minimum standards of safety for all American workplaces. You might think OSHA will help you attain injury compensation. Nothing could be further from the truth. OSHA is not an advocate for injured workers. All it does is oversee the work environment in the U.S. For the past 30 years, OSHA’s regulations and fines for employer non-compliance have lost many teeth.
While OSHA sets safety standards in the workplace and fines offenders, the amounts were established so long ago and no longer carry the proper financial motivation to convince safety violators to comply with these government standards. Many of these amounts date back to 25-30 years ago. They might have encouraged compliance back then, but many years of inflation (and other economic factors) make many OSHA fines little more than a slap on the wrist. Additionally, over the years, OSHA has become more restricted in its actions and investigations due to the limitations created by smaller staffs and budgets. Today, OSHA is a shadow of its former self when preventing on-the-job injuries before they happen.
Furthermore, OSHA cannot directly help injured workers secure compensation for the damages inflicted upon them. Only after an accident has occurred will OSHA investigate negligence. Their reports are designed to create more worker injury data and assess violator fine amounts (if any). Though that data might be ready to present as general evidence at a trial, for your purposes, OSHA is a case of closing the barn long after the cow escapes. Even if OSHA investigates your employer after your accident, they will provide no specific evidence to benefit your case. Only a competent, experienced Texas workplace injury attorney can help you secure the fair compensation you are entitled to.
An experienced Texas work injury attorney with our Law Firm helps injured Texas employees deal with their challenging work-injury cases. We have spent decades accumulating the expertise required to help injured workers like you receive the compensation they deserve for their medical bills, lost wages, pain, suffering, and disability.
You have the opportunity to use our experience. If you want to know your rights, how to proceed with your claim and how much compensation you can reasonably expect to secure, we can answer your questions. Call our Law Firm now at 210-727-6079 for a free consultation and find out how we can help you.
Don’t let those who negligently caused your work accident injury victimize you and your family even further.
