Chicago Forklift Accident Attorneys Fighting For Your Maximum Recovery

An equipment failure on a job site, such as a tipping forklift, a collapsing scissor lift or a faulty boom arm, can change your life in seconds. While you worry about supporting your family from a hospital bed, the site managers and insurance adjusters are already building their defense. You do not have to face that fight on your own.

Since 1955, Anesi Ozmon, LTD, has stood alongside Chicago tradesmen, warehouse workers and laborers when heavy machinery fails. With over $1 billion recovered for injured workers across Illinois, our trial lawyers know how to take on negligent companies and secure the compensation you deserve.

How Safety Neglect Leads To Accidents

Federal safety standards exist to keep you safe. When job site managers or rental vendors cut corners, dangerous site accidents happen:

• Tip-overs and rollovers: Driving forklifts on uneven terrain, overloading machines or raising lifts in high winds without proper supports.
• Falls from lifts: Platform collapses on scissor lifts, missing safety guardrails or defective harness connection points.
• Crush injuries: Getting pinned against walls, overhead beams or support columns in tight spaces.
• Hydraulic failures: Falling platforms or dropped loads caused by fluid leaks, worn cables or missed maintenance.
• Power line contact: Operating lifts near live wires without an assigned spotter.

Our Chicago forklift accident attorneys act quickly to investigate OSHA and ANSI safety violations. We inspect maintenance logs and equipment control data to determine who was at fault.

Getting Compensation Beyond Workers’ Compensation

Workers’ compensation covers basic medical bills and partial lost wages. However, it offers zero recovery for pain, suffering or lost pension benefits. It also prevents you from suing your direct employer.

Many construction sites involve third-party companies whose mistakes may have caused your injury. Filing a third-party personal injury claim alongside workers’ comp opens the door to full financial recovery.

We investigate all outside parties who may be responsible:

• Equipment rental vendors: For supplying broken machinery or skipping safety checks
• Repair technicians: For poor maintenance on critical lifting equipment
• Manufacturers: For design flaws in brakes, sensors or emergency shutoffs
• General contractors: For mismanaging site risks or forcing operators to work on dangerous ground

By pursuing both claims simultaneously, we push for the maximum total compensation possible.

Protecting Your Case Immediately

Insurance adjusters begin gathering evidence to protect themselves immediately after an accident. To counter them, our attorneys can file emergency court orders in Cook County to secure the accident site and lock down the equipment. We move fast to pull digital data, secure the machinery for testing and save maintenance records before evidence disappears.

Demand Full Accountability For Your Lift Accident – Contact Anesi Ozmon, LTD, Today

Do not let insurance companies lower the value of your claim. Anesi Ozmon, LTD, works to hold every negligent party accountable so your family gets the payout you deserve.

We handle cases on a contingency fee basis. This means you pay no legal fees unless we win your case. Call our downtown Chicago office at 312-997-5784 or complete our online form to schedule a free case review.