“Eman at Yazdchi Law was extremely professional, responsive, and supportive at all times. He and his staff exceeded all of my expectations.”
Andrea Dalessandro
✦ Board-Certified Specialist in Workers’ Compensation Law — State Bar of California ✦
Construction is California’s most dangerous industry. When you’re injured, experience matters.
By Eman Yazdchi, Esq. · Certified Specialist in Workers' Compensation Law
Construction work in Pomona has never been busier and has never been more dangerous. The city is experiencing steady development along its freeway corridors, with new warehouse and distribution centers rising near the 10 and 57 interchange. Cal Poly Pomona continues to expand its campus with new academic buildings and student housing. The Fairplex complex requires constant construction, renovation, and setup work for events throughout the year. And throughout the older neighborhoods and commercial districts, seismic retrofitting and renovation projects keep crews working on aging structures that present their own unique hazards. For the construction workers who build and rebuild this city, the risk of a serious injury is present every day they report to a jobsite.
Construction remains one of the most hazardous occupations in California. The state's Division of Occupational Safety and Health, known as Cal/OSHA, identifies the "Fatal Four" causes of construction death: falls, struck-by incidents, electrocutions, and caught-in or caught-between accidents. Pomona's construction sites feature all of these risks. Workers frame walls on elevated platforms without adequate fall protection. Excavation crews work in trenches without proper shoring. Crane and heavy equipment operators work in close proximity to ground-level laborers. Electrical workers tap into aging infrastructure that may not be properly de-energized. Each of these hazards can produce catastrophic injuries that permanently alter a worker's life and livelihood.
Under California law, construction workers are entitled to full workers' compensation benefits regardless of fault. But construction injury claims are often more complex than injuries in other industries because of the multi-employer structure of most jobsites. A general contractor, several subcontractors, equipment rental companies, and material suppliers may all have a presence on the same site. Determining which employer's workers' compensation policy covers your injury — and whether a third-party negligence claim exists against another entity on the jobsite — requires an attorney who understands construction industry practices. Under Labor Code section 3706, if your employer failed to carry workers' compensation insurance, you can pursue a civil lawsuit directly, bypassing the exclusive remedy limitation.
Eman Yazdchi, our lead attorney, is a Board-Certified Specialist in Workers' Compensation Law with extensive experience handling construction injury claims from the Pomona area. He understands the layered liability structures on construction sites and knows how to identify every available source of recovery.
Construction injury cases filed at the Pomona WCAB District Office benefit from a local board that regularly handles claims from the building trades. We appear before the Pomona judges frequently and understand the evidentiary standards and procedural expectations specific to this board. For construction workers, the local WCAB is particularly important because it allows witnesses, supervisors, and safety officers to be deposed and called to hearing without the logistical burden of traveling to a distant courthouse.
We also evaluate every construction injury for potential third-party claims. If a defective piece of equipment contributed to your injury, the manufacturer may be liable in a product liability action. If a general contractor's failure to maintain safe site conditions caused your accident, a negligence claim may lie outside the workers' compensation system. These third-party claims are not subject to the workers' comp fee schedule and can result in significantly higher recoveries for pain and suffering, lost future earnings, and other damages that the workers' comp system does not provide. Our firm identifies and pursues these claims aggressively.
Injured at work in Pomona? Call (661) 273-1780
Tap to call →Construction injury cases require immediate investigation to preserve evidence before the jobsite changes. When you contact our firm, we move quickly to document the scene, identify witnesses, and obtain any Cal/OSHA reports or citations related to the incident. We file your workers' compensation claim at the Pomona WCAB District Office and simultaneously evaluate whether a third-party negligence or product liability claim exists. On the workers' comp side, we pursue temporary disability, permanent disability, future medical care, and vocational retraining benefits. If a third-party claim is viable, we coordinate both cases to maximize your total recovery. You pay no fees out of pocket — we work on contingency, and our consultation is free.
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