Arkansas Farm and Agriculture Accident Attorney
Arkansas has been blessed with exceptional farmland and Arkansans have a right to be proud of the farmers who tend to that land. In recent years tremendous advances have been made in agricultural technology, enabling farmers to harvest larger and larger crops. Nonetheless, farming has always been, and continues to be, one of our state's most dangerous occupations. Agricultural workers are exposed to a wide range of hazards, and there has never been a greater need for proper safety, training and supervision of workers.
Serious injuries can result from the following agriculture related accidents:
- ATV accidents
- Chemical exposure
- Child accidents on the farm
- Defective farm machinery
- Falls on the farm
- Farm shop accidents
- Defective hand tool
- Unguarded machinery
- Livestock injuries
- Methane gas explosions
- Electrocutions
- Tractor accidents
Arkansas Farm and Agriculture Accident Attorneys
If you or someone you know has been injured while working on a farm, you should immediately contact The Law Offices of Peter Miller and allow us to investigate the circumstances surrounding the accident and to determine responsibility. An immediate investigation of these incidents is crucial. Any delay could result in a disappearance of crucial evidence, witnesses or necessary photographs or testing.
Product Liability and Negligence Settlement
A Case Study
Attorneys with the Law Offices of Peter Miller were recently involved in a lawsuit involving a farm worker who was killed while cleaning a cotton picker. His clothing became entangled in one of the horizontal drive shafts on the front of this huge machine. We learned that the cotton picker, which had been recently purchased, was manufactured with a so-called “dead-man’s switch,” which would automatically stop the drive shafts when the operator left his seat.
The manufacturer of the cotton picker had also equipped this machine’s drive shafts with a telescoping drive shaft guard made out of extremely hard plastic to prevent just this type of injury. Unfortunately, the dead-man’s switch had been disabled and the shaft guards had been removed, leaving the farm hand extremely vulnerable to this type of accident.
We sued both the owner of the farm and the seller of the cotton picker under theories of product liability and negligence. In this instance the manufacturer of the cotton picker had provided safety devices which would have prevented this type of accident, but for whatever reason both of these safety devices had been negligently removed. The lawsuit was settled and very significant financial compensation was obtained before trial.
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Contact The Law Offices of Peter Miller
If you or a loved one has been a victim of an agricultural accident, the attorneys, staff and experts of the Law Offices of Peter Miller is ready to assist you where and when you need it the most.