Defective Personal Protective Equipment Defective Power Tools Flammable Clothing Forklift Accidents OSHA Violations Defective Power Tools Manufacturers and suppliers of power tools have a legal and moral duty to only sell safe products. Many power tools contain a risk of injury due to unguarded moving parts. The moving parts of a power tool should have guarding to prevent serious injury.
Injuries caused by portable power tools are burns, cuts and strains.
Sources of injury include elective shock, particles in the eyes, fires, falls, explosions of vapors and gases and falling tools. Certainly the manufacturers and suppliers of power tools are not legally responsible for all sources of injury mentioned above. However, if the power tool is unsafe due to a manufacturing defect or design defect, and the power tool injures someone that person has a claim against the manufacturer, supplier and the distributor of a power tool. Many seriously injured people do not consult lawyers because they do not think they can sue. Sometimes they think it is their fault or the fault of another worker that caused the injury.