Worksite Injury Liability

Survey question: Consider this situation: a construction worker is told multiple times to wear a helmet on a job site. He fails to wear the helmet and gets injured. Had he worn the helmet he would have avoided the injury. Should this worker be able to sue his employer for the injury?

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N=600, margin of error ±4.0%. Percentages are calculated within each demographic group and may not sum to exactly 100% due to rounding. Party identification includes Republican, Democrat, and No Party Affiliation (NPA). Geographic categories follow the survey definitions: Albany/Central New York, Western New York, Hudson Valley, Long Island, and New York City.

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