When power tools, equipment, or machines are defective, they can destroy as well as easily as they can build. Home or industrial tools may cause severe injuries if defects in design, manufacturing, or instructions exist. Consumers and workers may be damaged permanently, or even killed.

Amputations, severe lacerations, loss of vision, head or neck injuries, and other traumatic consequences may follow use of a defective household or industrial tool. Injury may occur with any of these or other products:

• Air compressor
• Band saw
• Blow torch
• Circular saw
• Conveyor belt
• Drill press
• Jack hammer
• Heater
• Hoist
• Ladder
• Lawnmower
• Nail gun
• Paint stripper
• Pallet jack
• Power saw
• Sand blaster
• Scaffold

Manufacturers and retailers have a responsibility to those who use their products. Failure to include safety protections in a product’s design, failure to manufacture the product with sufficient safeguards against defects to protect users, or failure to warn that a product may be dangerous can be the basis for product liability claims. Employers and manufacturers may be liable for medical expenses, lost wages, and other compensation.

The Law Office of Dane E. Johnson considers product liability cases involving a wide range of household and industrial tools, equipment, and machinery. We believe that it is important to help individuals harmed by dangerous tools, as well as to protect the public by using the legal system to pressure manufacturers to remove defective tools from the marketplace and to design and build safer products.

If you or a loved one sustain a personal injury caused by defective or improperly maintained tools, Portland, Oregon personal injury lawyer Dane E. Johnson provides a free consultation to discuss your legal rights. Contact us online or call toll free (800) 714-3204.