- July 17, 2024
- Workplace Injury
Losing a loved one as a result of a major accident is devastating. Whether that person was performing routine job duties or simply driving home from work, another person’s or company’s carelessness occurred, taking your loved one’s life and permanently affecting yours forever. Our legal system provides avenues intended to address such injustices and hold others responsible when their negligence, carelessness, or willful act causes harm. In today’s blog, your Dallas, TX catastrophic injury attorneys examine what protections look like for individuals harmed in an industrial environment while on the job, as well as what our team of experienced attorneys can do to help.
What Is An Industrial Accident?
Injuries resulting from industrial accidents are often large in scale and impact. Before we jump into the major causes of an industrial accident and what the law says, however, let’s first distinguish between a worker’s compensation case and an industrial accident. Worker’s compensation claims involve a form of insurance that provides wage replacement and medical benefits to employees injured on the job without the need to prove fault for the injury. Typically, if the employer carries this no-fault coverage, in exchange the employee cannot sue his or her employer for the tort of negligence. Common injuries covered by worker’s compensation benefits might include strains, fractures, cuts and punctures, and burns.
Industrial accidents, however, typically are more involved and oftentimes are serious events involving hazardous materials that can impact the surrounding environment and population. In other words, an industrial accident typically results in more than a cut or a bruise. For example, an explosion might result in the death of an entire team working at an oil rig.
Major Causes
Catastrophic or fatal injuries often result from an employer’s failure to protect their workers appropriately in difficult or dangerous environments. For instance, a large-scale team working in the oil and gas industry or in power could all be impacted should an industrial accident occur, with the worst of instances resulting in several fatalities. Common causes of catastrophic-scale accidents might include explosive substances, faulty equipment, chemical spills, or electrical issues. To learn more about the major causes and what to look out for, give our office a call.
Turning to the Law
It is important to recognize the long-term complications that arise as a result of large-scale accidents on the job, as well as why it is important individual protections are in place. As your designated industrial accident attorneys, we work tirelessly to help you achieve the best possible outcome for your case while simultaneously holding the individual(s) accountable for the injuries you obtained as a result of their negligence. Our team offers free initial consultations.
Work with Our Team
Injuries obtained from industrial accidents can be catastrophic in nature, even resulting in fatalities. Contact Crain Brogdon LLP in Dallas, TX by calling (214) 522-9404 to learn how we can help represent you in your matter, and schedule a free initial consultation with our office today.
Attorney Quentin Brogdon
Quentin Brogdon has over thirty years of experience and expertise in the field of personal injury trial law. He is board certified in both personal injury trial law and civil trial advocacy. Quentin has received an AV rating from Martindale-Hubbell, the highest possible rating. This rating reflects an attorney’s ethics and abilities according to reviews from fellow attorneys. [ Attorney Bio ]
