Soccer roof collapses in the Netherlands
According to CNN news reports, fourteen workers were injured and one dead after a roof collapsed at a soccer stadium in the Netherlands. Moniek Eberhard in the mayor’s office for the town of Enshede reported that the police have initiated search efforts with the help of sniffer dogs.
Two of the workers were seriously injured and were taken to local area hospitals for treatment. Others were treated at the scene for much less serious injuries. Most of the injured were thought to be construction workers, although authorities are not sure how many workers may have been at the scene at the time of the stadium collapse.
The FC Twente soccer club has grown in popularity in the last couple of years finishing second in the top Dutch league, the Eredivisie, last season. The club also appeared for the first time in the Champions League last season.
The club was expanding its stadium to accommodate the growth and the increase in attendance. The Grolsch Veste stadium was having its roof repaired when the collapse occurred.
Although the Netherlands may have different laws regarding injuries at work, if you are injured in the United States and your work injuries occurred while you were performing your job, you may be entitled to compensation for your medical bills and lost wages. If you are the family member of someone who has been killed in a work injury, you may be entitled to death benefits which can include burial benefits and wage loss compensation.
Filing a Workers Compensation Claim
Most common work injuries are covered by work comp insurance. Claimants who are injured due to intoxication, blatant disregard of safety procedures, intentional actions or while traveling to and from work may not be covered. There are a variety of work injuries which are covered by workers compensation including the following: • Back and neck injuries Hiring a Workers Compensation Lawyer Workers compensation can include a variety of benefits which are given to the injured worker including: medical benefits, temporary total disability benefits (TTD), temporary partial disability benefits (TPD), permanent partial disability benefits (PPD), permanent total disability benefits (PTD), vocational rehabilitation and death benefits to surviving dependents. Talk to a work comp lawyer and find out if your work injury should be covered by work comp benefits. For minor work injuries which do not cause major injury or permanent loss you may not need a work comp lawyer, but if your injury is permanent, serious, or if your employer or their insurance company has denied your work comp claim, talk to a work compensation lawyer who can review your claim and help you negotiate a settlement payment which will compensate you for the full loss of your workplace injuries.
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