Working around electrical wires is an inherently dangerous task. You need to know exactly what you are doing and you must be able to trust that everyone working around you is also familiar with the dangers of electrical wires. Electrocutions can result in devastating injuries that require extensive medical treatment and time to heal. A workplace accident attorney can assist in this situation.
While you focus on healing from your injuries, a skilled Cypress workplace electrocution lawyer from Schechter, Shaffer & Harris might be able to help you obtain the financial compensation you need to pay for your medical care and other expenses.
Who Can You Collect Compensation From After a Workplace Electrocution Accident?
Workers from many different fields can be at risk of suffering work-related injuries in electrocution accidents. Some of the professions most likely to experience electrocution accidents include the following:
- Electricians
- Construction workers
- Welders
- Roofers
- Operators of heavy machinery
- Factory workers
- Firefighters
- Farm workers
- Mechanics
- Maintenance workers
- Truck drivers
After experiencing serious injuries in an electrocution accident, you might wonder where you can turn to get the financial assistance you need. In many states, you could be automatically eligible to collect workers’ compensation benefits because you suffered an injury while at work or because of your workplace duties. However, in Texas, private employers do not need to subscribe to the state’s workers’ compensation system. As non-subscribers, these employers need to provide an alternate system of compensation for their injured workers. In addition, they can be sued by their injured workers.
The skilled legal team at Schechter, Shaffer & Harris could help you determine if your employer is a non-subscriber. If they are, our dedicated Cypress attorneys could help you build a strong claim for fair compensation in a civil lawsuit after your workplace electrocution accident.
How Workplace Electrocution Accidents Can Occur
Different workplaces can present a wide range of risks where electrocution accidents can occur.
Power Lines
Both overhead and underground high-voltage electrical power lines can be perilous. Workers on ladders, cranes, or roofs can accidentally come into contact with overhead power lines. Operators of heavy equipment, such as cranes, backhoes, and dump trucks, could accidentally contact power lines with their machinery, resulting in a risk of serious harm.
Additionally, some power lines are not always outwardly visible to workers. If workers are going to be performing their jobs, such as excavation work, around possibly buried power lines, their employers should identify and mark where they are so the workers do not accidentally electrocute themselves.
Exposed or Loose Wiring
Electric cords that have loose or exposed wiring can pose a shock or electrocution risk. Faulty wiring or the misuse of the wrong kind of extension cords can also pose a danger.
Faulty Equipment
When workers use defective or worn out equipment, such as damaged power towels, they could risk electrocution. Faulty equipment can result in arc or flash burns.
Lack of Adequate Ground-Fault Protection
Workers should have the benefit of ground fault circuit interrupters while performing electric work, particularly in wet conditions. Even if you were not directly working with power lines, you could experience an electrocution injury as an innocent bystander if something goes wrong around you at the workplace.
Our knowledgeable Cypress attorneys have successfully helped people who have suffered workplace electrocution injuries due to a wide range of causes.
Work with a Cypress Electrocution Attorney After an On-the-Job Accident
Our experienced personal injury attorneys could carefully investigate the cause of your electrocution accident to discover how it happened. We could help you seek full compensation for all your injuries. Sadly, if a workplace electrocution in Cypress resulted in your loved one’s death, we could help you see justice for their wrongful death.
Work closely with a lawyer from Schechter, Shaffer & Harris and get the compensation you need.
