Fire & Explosion
Battle-Tested Advocacy for the Injured
Baton Rouge Fire & Explosion Injury Attorneys
Louisiana is home to much industry, from refineries to factories, chemical processing plants, natural gas installations, and offshore drilling. Because of our many industries, state workers whose jobs depend on them face safety risks that employees in other sectors rarely face, such as explosions and fires. These catastrophes can cause serious and even fatal injuries to employees and independent contractors, leaving them and/or their families with devastating physical, emotional, and financial losses.
Let Joubert Law Firm Pursue Justice on Your Behalf
At Joubert Law Firm, our firm is exclusively focused on representing those who have been injured due to the negligence or incompetence of others. In these cases, we can work for injury victims by seeking answers and accountability from those who could have protected them with proper training, applicable safety protocols and equipment, and other measures designed to reduce accidents.
If you have suffered injuries due to a fire or explosion, you should not have to suffer the burden of extensive medical costs, lost wages, and other damages associated with your injuries. You can seek justice by contacting Joubert Law Firm to get the guidance you need for a potential claim or lawsuit from one of our Baton Rouge fire and explosion injury lawyers.
Fires and explosions are extremely serious due to the extensive and often life-changing harm they can cause to victims. Rarely are these individuals able to move on in the same way as they did before the incident. The force and blast of an explosion can cause enormous damage that can leave victims temporarily or permanently disabled by physical and emotional disability. For anyone within the radius of the blast, blunt force trauma can result in severe burns from a fire.
Burns are among the most painful of all injuries, requiring intensive and lengthy medical treatment. Severe burns can leave victims open to infection that can end their lives. They can also leave individuals permanently scarred, causing them stress and anxiety about returning to their jobs and society. When these kinds of lifelong consequences could have been prevented, victims deserve to be compensated for all that they have endured.
Overall, fire and explosion injuries can result in:
Medical expenses involving surgeries, skin grafts, specialized burn facility treatment, and future medical care for years to come
Scarring and disfigurement
Pain and suffering
PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder)
Emotional trauma
Loss of earning capacity
Loss of enjoyment of life
All the above bring with them crushing financial repercussions that both victims and their families should not have to shoulder when such accidents could have been avoided.
Industrial Working Environments Prone to Explosion & Fire
Unfortunately, many of the industries that Louisiana is home to are those that are prone to explosions and fires. These include petrochemical manufacturing facilities, oil and gas drilling along with their refineries, industrial machinery manufacturing facilities, and chemical plants.
Explosions can be electrical, chemical, or combustible, depending on the circumstances. For instance, combustion and chemical explosions can be caused by flammable gases, the vapors of ignitable liquids, or combustible dust. Electrical explosions can be caused by electrical arcs of high energy that cause enough heat to bring on an explosion.
A common cause of all industrial fires and explosions lies in companies cutting costs in favor of profits as opposed to ensuring the safety of employees. This is inexcusable and such negligence can form the basis of legal claims.
How Can Joubert Law Firm Help?
Our team is experienced in investigating the causes of explosions and fires to uncover the supporting evidence needed to help injury victims. We recommend that, in the wake of such accidents, you do not accept any type of settlement offer until you have consulted with one of our trusted team. These offers are commonly less than the true value of your losses and designed to benefit the company and not you or your future.
Our firm works to expose the negligence or incompetence that lay behind your accident so that those responsible can be held accountable. Our attorneys commonly secure compensation for our clients that includes all past and future medical expenses, lost income/wages, pain and suffering, emotional distress, and any other losses connected with the accident and injuries. Our highly-experienced team knows how to stand up to well-funded corporate interests, including insurers, to help you secure the compensation your case deserves in rebuilding your life after such a serious accident.
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