A heavy equipment accident can be horribly disfiguring, and often leaves the victim with permanent physical and mental trauma<\/strong>. Worse, these injuries aren\u2019t uncommon, as industrial and construction machinery are responsible for nine of the 10 most common workplace incidents in the country. Nearly any piece of machinery can represent a threat to worker safety, but as long as the machinery is designed and manufactured well, and maintained well, the risk to workers should be minimized. Most of the time, though, when there is an injury involving machinery, safety violations are soon discovered.<\/p>