The injuries you can get from an accident involving explosions are no joke. Though many survive the accident, the repercussions may leave you with an incredible medical fee and lifestyle-altering disabilities. It could hinder you from continuing your job or stop you from enjoying hobbies that you are passionate about. 

Wouldn’t it be helpful to be compensated and have a bit of the weight of your injuries off your shoulders? Read on to see how Houston’s top personal injury attorneys can help you.

Common Types of Explosion Injuries

Explosions may sound like something only caused by bombs in a warzone but they can actually occur anywhere and at any time. These could cause minor or major damages depending on the size of the reaction.

Some explosions that you may have heard of are accidental home and workplace explosions due to gas leaks or faulty piping systems, pipeline explosions or oil spills, and e-cigarette explosions due to defective parts or faulty batteries.

The unexpected events could cause impalement, pulmonary injuries, severe head and internal injuries, and others. There are four major categories for these explosion injuries:

Primary Blast Injuries

Injuries that are incurred when the blast causes the body to absorb the impact of an explosion fall under this category. This includes trauma sustained by the respiratory system (blast lung), bleeding from the ear due to dislocation, fracture, or destruction of the parts of the ear (blast ear), abdominal pain with nausea and vomiting (blast belly), headaches, loss of consciousness, and other traumatic brain injuries that may lead to brain damage or death (blast brain), eye bleeding, swelling, and blindness (blast eye) and heart injuries (pulmonary blasts).

Secondary Blast Injuries

When the injury is caused by debris from the explosion, it falls under the secondary blast injury. This may be debris striking, piercing, or impaling the victim.

Tertiary Blast Injuries

Crush injuries, lacerations, and bruising caused by the blast throwing a person against objects (ground and walls included) fall under the tertiary blast. This category covers minor lacerations, fractures, and even brain damage caused by the event.

Quaternary Blast Injuries

Inhaling fumes, burn injuries, exposure to extreme temperatures, radiation, and exposure to contaminants even the psychological impact of the accident fall under this type of blast injury.

What can Injury Attorneys Do for You

 

It is important to file your injury claim in time. But how do you know what kind of damage claims you can file for? Where do you start? How much does it cost?

These are questions you may have and they could be answered by first getting a good explosion injury attorney. Your attorney will be able to help you understand the process and get the maximum compensation for your claim.

 Investigate Your Case and Fight to Secure Damages

Houston’s trusted oil and gas explosion attorneys understand the difficulties victims experience when they incur injuries. They have the dedication and skill to obtain evidence that is critical to determining the liable party or parties in a case. In addition to that, with good representation when filing claims, you can file for:

–       Full coverage of your medical bills

–       Lost wages

–       Loss of future earnings

–       Pain and suffering damages

–       Loss of enjoyment of life damages

–       Emotional distress damages

–       Loss of consortium, and

–       Punitive damages

 Give Full Guidance Throughout the Process

Although accident claims can take quite some time to process, the attorneys will be with you every step of the way. Their experience in working with government services, banks, and hospitals give them the ability to be empathetic towards families during the difficult time. In addition to this, At Abraham, Watkins, Nichols, Agosto, Aziz & Stogner, you will not be charged any legal fees unless they have successfully recovered compensation for you.

 Answer all Your Questions

The attorneys will do everything they can to provide answers to your questions about the accident. It could be about knowing if items were defective, if the inspectors truly failed to check the quality of the area or if there were adjustments made that caused the possibility of explosions to increase. Getting answers will not only help recover compensation but give you peace of mind as well.

 

Dealing with the repercussions of an explosion can be physically and mentally draining for both you and your family. Being represented by a capable attorney that can help you fight for your rights may help alleviate some of the burdens and provide you with better opportunities as you move on from the accident.