A construction worker was injured Wednesday when the roof trusses at a job site collapsed and pinned him underneath the construction debris, the Springfield Fire Department said.The incident occurred in the 3400 block of Liberty Drive, in the Parkway Pointe shopping area, at a construction site for a new strip mall about 3 p.m. The employee had just climbed down from ladder when the wooden roof trusses collapsed.Firefighters said the victim was talking when they arrived. They used a fork lift
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Classic example of workers’ compensation claim. Illinois injured worker is entitled to off work pay, medical treatment, and value of permanent partial disability caused as a result of the injury.