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Why Hire a Lawyer for Your Construction Accident Claim?
Hire a Las Vegas construction accident lawyer because a job site injury is two claims with two sets of rules, and nobody in the workers’ comp process is assigned to tell you that the crane subcontractor or equipment maker owes you a separate recovery. We find that second claim and run both of them for you.
.Las Vegas builds constantly: resort construction along Las Vegas Boulevard, freeway work on I-15 and US 95, and new neighborhoods across Henderson, Summerlin, and North Las Vegas. Job sites across the city run with layers of general contractors, subcontractors, staffing agencies, and equipment lessors, and that is where a third-party claim gets missed. The team at Adam S. Kutner, Injury Attorneys, has represented injured people here for more than 35 years.
Adam S. Kutner spent his early career as an insurance defense attorney and knows exactly how the insurance companies work. We use that inside view against the carrier defending the third party.
Who Is Responsible for a Construction Site Accident in Las Vegas?
Responsibility for a construction site accident in Las Vegas can sit with several companies at once: your employer, the general contractor, another subcontractor, the equipment maker or rental company, and the property owner. Which of them you can hold accountable depends on Nevada workers’ compensation law.
Your own employer answers through workers’ compensation. Nevada requires every employer to provide it (NRS 616B.612), and, in exchange, workers’ comp is your exclusive remedy against that employer (NRS 616A.020). It provides benefits without proving fault, and no right to sue.
Everyone else on the site is measured under ordinary negligence law. A subcontractor whose crew dropped material from above, a rental company that sent out a lift with a worn brake, a manufacturer whose harness failed, or a property owner who left a hazard in your crew’s path faces a separate negligence or premises liability claim, and so does a client, if you were hurt at the client’s premises.
Nevada treats the general contractor differently. Under NRS 616A.210, subcontractors, independent contractors, and their employees count as employees of the principal contractor for workers’ comp purposes, and NRS 616B.603 keeps that rule in place for a licensed principal contractor. So, a licensed general contractor has the same exclusive-remedy protection your employer has, and so do the architects, surveyors, and engineers working for the contractor or owner.
Can You Sue for a Construction Site Injury in Nevada?
You can sue for a construction site injury in Nevada when a person or company other than your employer, or a coworker in the same employ, caused it. NRS 616C.215 gives an injured employee the right to sue that third party for damages, while still collecting workers’ comp.
When you recover from a third party, your workers’ comp benefits, including future benefits, are reduced by the damages you recover, and the comp insurer is repaid from the recovery for what it has paid. We build the third-party claim with that repayment in mind.
Filing the workers’ comp claim itself works like any other workplace accident; our Las Vegas workers’ compensation lawyer page covers the forms, benefits, and denied claims.
How We Handle Your Construction Accident Claim
We handle a construction accident claim by running the workers’ comp claim and the third-party investigation side-by-side, starting with a free consultation where we read your incident report, medical records, and site contracts.
Map every company on the site
Daily logs, sign-in sheets, subcontract agreements, and rental records tell us which companies sat outside your employer’s chain.
Preserve the physical evidence
We send preservation demands for the scaffold, harness, lift, or trench box involved, plus site photos and any Nevada OSHA inspection file before the equipment goes back to the rental yard.
Keep the workers’ comp claim moving
Wage checks and treatment authorizations do not pause while the third-party claim is investigated.
Settle the insurer’s repayment before you sign
The comp insurer’s share, under NRS 616C.215, comes out of the third-party recovery; we negotiate it inside the settlement.
No Fees Unless We Win Your Construction Accident Case
You pay nothing upfront for either claim. We work on contingency, so our fee is a percentage of what we recover for you; no recovery, no attorney fee. The consultation is free, and we answer day and night.
What To Do After a Construction Site Accident in Las Vegas
What you do in the first days after a construction site accident decides how much evidence both claims have. Work through these five steps.
- Get medical care the same day.
Tell the provider exactly how the injury happened at work. Get emergency care if you need it. Otherwise, ask your employer for the insurer’s list of providers and choose from it; care outside that list may not be paid except in an emergency. - Report the injury to your employer in writing.
Nevada gives you seven days for written notice and 90 days to file the claim with the insurer. Keep copies. - Photograph the scene and collect witness names.
The scaffold, the trench, the missing guardrail, the harness, and the placard on the lift. A work site changes by the next shift, and other crews move on within weeks. - Write down every company on the site.
Names on trucks, hard-hat stickers, the general contractor’s sign at the gate, and the rental tag on the equipment. Those names are your possible defendants. - Talk to us before you give any carrier a recorded statement.
A free consultation first means you do not face the liability carrier’s questions alone.
We can make sure the notice and claim go in on time and send preservation letters the same week.
Where Construction Site Accidents Happen in Las Vegas
Construction site accidents in Las Vegas happen wherever the valley is building: resort and casino projects along the Strip, freeway and interchange work on I-15 and US 95, and infrastructure projects, like Brightline West, the high-speed rail line its builder plans to run into a flagship Las Vegas station.
Two agencies hold the records a Las Vegas job site claim draws on. Nevada OSHA, part of the state Division of Industrial Relations, with its Las Vegas headquarters at 2300 W. Sahara Ave., Suite 300, inspects sites and enforces NRS chapter 618; its inspection file is evidence in a third-party claim. Permits and inspections for sites on unincorporated county land, including the resort corridor, run through the Clark County Building Department at 4701 W. Russell Road.
Heat is the local hazard. Nevada OSHA has adopted a heat illness prevention regulation for employers, and a heat-related collapse on a Las Vegas job site is a work injury like any other; see our guide to workers’ comp for heat stroke. Our Henderson, NV, office serves the south side of the valley.
Common Causes of Construction Site Accidents
The common causes of construction site accidents are the four hazards OSHA built its Construction Focus Four training around, each backed by a federal construction standard:
Falls
From roofs, scaffolds, ladders, floor openings, and unprotected edges. Federal rules require fall protection at six feet or more above a lower level (29 CFR 1926.501) and on scaffolds more than 10 feet up (29 CFR 1926.451).
Struck-by
Falling tools and material, swinging crane loads, and vehicles and heavy machinery moving through the site.
Caught-in or -between
Trench cave-ins, equipment rollovers, and being pinned between a machine and a wall. An excavation five feet or deeper needs a protective system, unless it is cut entirely in stable rock (29 CFR 1926.652).
Electrocution
Contact with overhead power lines, damaged cords, and energized equipment; see our electric shock accident lawyer page.
Our pages on heavy equipment accidents and lack of personal protective equipment cover the equipment and gear failures behind these events. A driver who hits a worker or another car inside a highway work zone is a different case, handled on our construction zone car accident page.
Common Construction Site Injuries
Construction site injuries track the forces on the site:
- Traumatic brain injuries from falls and struck-by events, even with a hard hat on
- Spinal cord injuries and paralysis from falls and crush events
- Crush injuries and amputations from caught-in or -between accidents
- Burns and internal injuries from electrical contact
- Fractures of the legs, hips, and wrists
- Heat illness, up to heat stroke
A catastrophic injury changes the size of both claims. We handle brain injury, spinal cord injury, and catastrophic injury claims, with long-term care costs built in, and when a job site accident is fatal, our wrongful death page explains who can file.
How Much Is a Construction Accident Claim Worth?
What a construction accident claim is worth depends on which claims you have. Workers’ compensation pays defined benefits, medical treatment and wage replacement set by statute, and nothing for pain and suffering. A third-party claim is measured like any other injury claim: every medical bill, lost income and earning capacity, and pain and suffering, reduced by your share of fault under Nevada’s comparative negligence rule (NRS 41.141), and barred only if your share is greater than the defendants’ combined share.
There is no honest average for construction accident settlements; we evaluate the third-party side for free against your records, and our guide on how long a workers’ comp case takes to settle covers the comp side.
Nevada Construction Accident Laws and OSHA Standards
Nevada construction accident cases turn on the workers’ compensation statutes in NRS chapters 616A to 616D, the occupational safety law in NRS chapter 618, and the federal OSHA construction standards in 29 CFR part 1926:
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Nevada Law |
What It Says |
Why It Matters |
|---|---|---|
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Exclusive remedy |
Workers’ comp is the only remedy against your employer; the shield extends to architects, land surveyors, and engineers working for the contractor or owner, and to an owner running a consolidated insurance program. |
Decides who you cannot sue; every other company on the site stays open to a negligence claim. |
|
Principal contractor as employer |
Subcontractors, independent contractors, and their employees are treated as the principal contractor’s employees; the independent-enterprise exception does not apply to a licensed principal contractor. |
A licensed general contractor sits inside the shield; the claim looks to other subcontractors, manufacturers, lessors, and owners. |
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Third-party actions |
You may sue a party other than your employer or a coworker; comp benefits are reduced by the damages recovered, and the insurer is subrogated for what it paid. |
The insurer’s share has to be negotiated before you sign. |
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Employer safety duties |
Every employer must furnish a place of employment free from recognized hazards likely to cause death or serious physical harm, and furnish and use safety devices and safeguards. |
The Nevada standard a site is measured against. |
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Fall protection, scaffolds, and trenches |
Fall protection at six feet on unprotected edges and at 10 feet on scaffolds; a scaffold must hold four times its maximum intended load; an excavation needs a protective system unless it is in stable rock or under five feet deep with no cave-in risk found by a competent person. |
A violation is evidence against whoever controlled the edge, built the scaffold, or dug the trench. |
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Deadline to sue |
Two years from the injury to file a lawsuit for injuries to a person. |
The third-party clock; the comp notice (seven days) and claim (90 days) deadlines are far shorter. |
Have you been in a construction site accident?
Not sure which companies on your job site are responsible? Call (702) 382-0000 for a free consultation.
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Construction Accident Claims and Related Workplace Injury Pages
For the two claims side-by-side, see personal injury versus workers’ compensation; for every accident claim our law firm handles, see our Las Vegas personal injury lawyer page.
This article is for general information only and is not legal advice. Reading it does not create an attorney-client relationship. For advice about your specific situation, talk to a qualified Nevada attorney.
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