The National
Safety Council hasestimated that fires and severe burns accounted for 3.3 percent of all
occupational fatalities. In building fires, smoke is acknowledged as the most significant
cause of death, injury, and property loss.
Fires at home and in the workplace are often
deadly because they spread so quickly. It is critical that homes and workplaces have fire
detection systems, fire safety routes, including designated exits, and fire extinguishing
systems.
When Occupational Safety and Health Administration
(OSHA) inspects workplaces, it determines whether employers are complying
with OSHA standards for fire safety. Most notably, OSHA
Standards (29 CFR § 1910) require employers to
provide:
- proper
exits
- fire fighting
equipment
- employee training to prevent fire
deaths and injuries in the workplace.
Burn
Injury Liability
To help recover money to pay for the extensive
financial impacts that burn injuries cause – aside from the physical, mental, and social
destruction such injuries wreak on their victims -- a lawsuit may be filed against the
responsible parties involved:
- Employer
-
- In Florida, this applies
only if the conduct is found to be intentional
- Manufacturer or assembler of the
flammable building materials
- The suppliers of components or
parts of the building which were highly flammable or started the
fire
- Architects who designed the
building
- Engineers who helped design or
build the building
- Manufacturers or installers of
faulty fire protection equipment, including extinguishers or extinguishing
systems
Burn Injury Lawyer - Serving Florida
and Nationwide
We represent burn injured children and burn
injured adults. The lifetime struggle to normalcy requires dedication, perseverance, passion,
hope, faith, and financial resources. The most advanced medical care, therapy, and
rehabilitation is expensive; but, you deserve and need the best to overcome the burn injury
challenges you have suffered.
Contact our Law Firm today for a free, confidential, consultation
regarding your burn injury or burn death claim.
We proudly serve deserving clients and their
families who are seeking to overcome the challenges of serious personal injury and wrongful
death throughout Florida and beyond in other States.
Locally, we are also proud to serve our neighbors throughout Southwest Florida, including
those in Arcadia, Alva, Avon Park, Bonita Springs, Bradenton, Cape Coral, Charlotte County,
Clewiston, Collier County, Desoto County, Englewood, Felda, Fort Myers, Ft. Myers, Glades
County, Golden Gate, Hardee County, Hendry County, Highlands County, Immokalee, La Belle,
Labelle, Lake Placid, Lee County, Lehigh, Lehigh Acres, Manatee County, Moore Haven, Naples,
Nokomis, North Port, Osprey, Palmdale, Port Charlotte, Punta Gorda, Sarasota, Sebring, Venice,
Wauchula, Zolfo Springs.
We provide aggressive, prompt, and ethical advocacy on behalf of individuals and families
who have suffered serious personal injury, accident injury, and wrongful death.
We look forward to working with you and helping you in your
time of need and challenges. Let's Pursue Justice Together.SM