MACHINERY ACCIDENT LAWYER IN GREENBURGH

Founded in 2013, Shulman & Hill Injury Lawyers brings more than 200 years of combined experience to claims involving unsafe machines, defective equipment, and dangerous work practices across New York.

Our Greenburgh machinery accident lawyers help injured workers pursue workers’ compensation benefits and, when the facts support it, third-party claims against owners, contractors, vendors, maintenance companies, or product manufacturers. 

Contact us for a free consultation with a Greenburgh workers’ compensation lawyer. 

Types of Claims Our Greenburgh Machinery Accidents Lawyers Handle

Machinery injuries can happen when a machine is in active use, being cleaned, repaired, moved, loaded, or inspected. These cases often involve several companies with overlapping control over the equipment, work area, job schedule, and safety rules.

Our Greenburgh personal injury lawyers handle claims involving:

• Conveyors, rollers, belts, and sorting equipment.
• Presses, cutters, grinders, slicers, saws, and compactors.
• Loaders, skid steers, cranes, hoists, forklifts, and pallet jacks.
• Mixers, augers, trenching equipment, and excavation machinery.
• Nail guns, power tools, scaffolding devices, and temporary jobsite equipment.
• Sanitation trucks, balers, dumpsters, and waste-processing machinery.

Your Rights After a Machinery Accident in Greenburgh

You have the right to file a workers’ compensation claim after a job-related injury. New York law also prohibits employers from firing or otherwise discriminating against workers because they claimed or tried to claim workers’ compensation benefits.

You may also have the right to pursue a civil lawsuit against a non-employer. This is especially relevant when the injury involved construction site safety violations, defective machinery, unsafe property conditions, or careless work by another company.

If an insurance adjuster contacts you, remember that the carrier’s goal is to protect its own payout. We can handle communications, prepare you for hearings and medical exams, and address disputes over disability, treatment, and wage loss.

Workers’ Compensation for Machinery Accidents

New York workers’ compensation can pay for medical treatment and part of your lost wages without requiring you to prove your employer did anything wrong. You may qualify even if you keep working, as long as the medical proof ties your injury to your job.

Workers’ compensation may cover:

• Medical care with authorized providers.
• Diagnostic testing, surgery, therapy, medication, and medical equipment.
• Lost wage benefits if you cannot work or earn less due to restrictions.
• Schedule loss of use awards for qualifying permanent injuries to arms, hands, legs, feet, eyes, or hearing.
• Permanent disability benefits in qualifying cases.
• Death benefits for eligible family members after a fatal work injury.

Third-Party Lawsuits

Third-party lawsuits are different from workers’ comp claims. These lawsuits may be available when someone other than your direct employer caused or contributed to the injury. 

The claim in these cases can seek damages that workers’ compensation does not pay, including pain and suffering, more wage loss, loss of future earning capacity, and long-term life impact.

Liability for Third Party Claims

Potential third-party defendants can include:

• A property owner that allowed unsafe work areas, lighting, flooring, or traffic patterns.
• A general contractor or subcontractor that controlled the work that caused the injury.
• A machine manufacturer that sold equipment with a dangerous design or inadequate warnings.
• A rental company that supplied unsafe equipment.
• A repair company that performed poor service or failed to identify a hazard.
• A vendor, delivery company, or outside crew that created a dangerous condition.

These claims require extensive proof of what happened. Our Greenburgh machinery accident attorneys focus on building the record early, while the machine, video, witnesses, and worksite documents can still be secured.

Machinery Accident Deadlines in New York

After a machinery injury, filing dates can move fast. In most work injury cases, you should report the accident to your employer within 30 days and file your workers’ compensation claim within two years.

If a non-employer may be liable, such as a manufacturer, property owner, contractor, or repair company, a personal injury lawsuit is usually due within three years. Fatal injury claims are generally due within two years. Claims involving a city, town, public authority, or other public entity may require a notice of claim within 90 days.

We review these deadlines early so your claim is filed properly and evidence is preserved before the machine, worksite, or records change.

How We Build Your Claim

We begin by learning how the machine injured you, where it happened, who controlled the equipment, and what medical care you need. Then we move to secure records that show whether the injury came from unsafe equipment, poor training, jobsite pressure, defective design, or another preventable hazard.

Our work may include:

• Filing or correcting workers’ compensation paperwork.
• Preserving machine evidence, video, service logs, and training records.
• Coordinating medical proof with your work restrictions.
• Preparing you for Workers’ Compensation Board hearings.
• Responding to insurance disputes over treatment, disability, or wage loss.
• Investigating contractors, vendors, repair companies, and manufacturers.
• Pursuing a third-party lawsuit when the facts and law support one.

Why Injured Workers Choose Shulman & Hill

Shulman & Hill is not a high-volume injury firm. We focus on quality, strategy, and results. Our attorneys handle serious workplace injury claims across New York, including high-stakes Labor Law and construction accident cases involving life-changing harm.

Our firm has recovered more than $1 billion for clients and has served more than 26,000 people. With offices across the boroughs and a Manhattan base, we bring big-city litigation experience with direct access for workers and families across New York.

Talk to a Machinery Accident Attorney in Greenburgh

A machine injury can leave you with surgery, work restrictions, permanent pain, lost income, and pressure from insurance carriers. You do not have to handle those disputes alone. Shulman & Hill can review your workers’ compensation claim, investigate whether a third-party lawsuit is available, and act quickly to protect evidence. 

Contact us today for a free consultation with a machinery accident attorney in Greenburgh. New York, We Got You.