Texas Burn Accident Attorney

Each year, more than 1 million people suffer burn injuries that require medical treatment in the United States.  An estimated 4,500 people die each year and many others suffer extremely painful and often permanently disabling injuries which usually require hospitalization and years of medical treatment and care.

Burn injuries are relatively common.  According to the American Burn Association, burn victims make approximately 700,000 visits to hospital emergency rooms each year.  Of those 700,000 victims, 45,000 of them require hospitalization.  Those admitted victims suffered burns to an average of 14% of their bodies.  The Center for Disease Control (ÒCDCÓ) has found that deaths from fires and burns is the fifth most common cause of unintentional deaths in the United States and the third-leading cause of fatal injuries in the home.

The burns typically result from exposure to fire, steam, smoke, scalding liquid, electric current, or chemicals.   Many times, these injuries would have avoided if not for the negligence of other third party individuals, premises owners, and other contractors on-site.  Typical acts of negligence include failure to maintain a safe work environment, OSHA violations, faulty wiring, and defective product.

The most common types of burn injuries include:

Electrical Burns
Electrical burn injuries result from exposure to high voltage electricity.  The burn injuries result from electric current flowing through the body.  There is an entry point and exit point which usually leave a wound in each place.  If the voltage passes through the heart, it may cause the heart to fail and possibly result in the death of the victim. 

Thermal Burn Injuries
Thermal burn injuries result from exposure to or contact with steam, fire flames, flash of heat, and hot surfaces or hot liquids.

Chemical Burn Injuries
Chemical burn result from exposure or contact with acids or strong bases such as alkoloids.  Chemicals are often used in plants, refineries, and industrial settings as well as educational institutes.

Structure Fires & Burn Injuries

Fires are a common cause of residential fire deaths & office building fire deaths.  Heating & electrical equipment may malfunction & result in serious burn injuries or death.

Burns may cause permanent devastating injuries and even death.  Repeated surgeries for skin grafts may be required with painful recovery.  Many times, the surgeries will not be successful in returning the skin to its pre-injury condition.  More often than not in serious burn injuries, a serious burn will result in permanent scarring, loss of sense of touch, loss of ability to regrow, loss of elasticity, and loss of ability to perspire.

Have you or someone you know been injured in a burn accident?

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If negligence can be established, you can recover compensation and damages for the following: