WHO IS RESPONSIBLE?

Despite the risks associated with skin exposure to cement, well-known to ready mix companies, these risks are overlooked or minimized on job sites or at the point-of-sale for retail cement mix purchases. There are a number of parties potentially responsible for the damage caused by concrete burns, depending on who suffered the injuries.

YOU MAY BE ENTITLED TO COMPENSATION

When a professional tradesman (such as cement mixers, bricklayers, plasterers and general construction workers) suffers a concrete burn at work, there are strong third-party liability claims against the manufacturer, which is the ready-mix concrete supplier, for failure to properly warn about the potential danger. The worker may be able to pursue a general contractor for failing to maintain a safe work site. The worker also has remedies under the workers compensation law.

INJURED ON YOUR OWN?

When an amateur user of cement products is burned, he or she can look to the product’s manufacturer for failing to properly warn about the danger of the product.