(1) For any injury to persons or property occasioned by willful violation of this chapter or willful failure to comply with any of its provisions, a right of action shall accrue to any party injured for any direct damages sustained thereby.
(2) Should death ensue from any injury, a cause of action shall survive in favor first of the widow and minor children of the deceased, and if there is no widow nor minor children, then in favor of the father, then the mother, and then the brothers and sisters and their descendants.